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Vulnerability details: VCID-vfxq-ytb6-aybb
Vulnerability ID VCID-vfxq-ytb6-aybb
Aliases CVE-2024-45398
GHSA-vm6r-j788-hjh5
Summary Contao is an Open Source CMS. In affected versions a back end user with access to the file manager can upload malicious files and execute them on the server. Users are advised to update to Contao 4.13.49, 5.3.15 or 5.4.3. Users unable to update are advised to configure their web server so it does not execute PHP files and other scripts in the Contao file upload directory.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00211 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-45398
cvssv3.1 8.3 https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/remote-command-execution-through-file-uploads
cvssv4 8.7 https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/remote-command-execution-through-file-uploads
generic_textual HIGH https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/remote-command-execution-through-file-uploads
ssvc Track https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/remote-command-execution-through-file-uploads
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vm6r-j788-hjh5
cvssv3.1 8.3 https://github.com/contao/contao
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/contao/contao
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/contao/contao
cvssv3.1 8.3 https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/9445d509f12a7f1b68a4794dcc5e3e459b363ebb
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/9445d509f12a7f1b68a4794dcc5e3e459b363ebb
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/9445d509f12a7f1b68a4794dcc5e3e459b363ebb
cvssv3.1 8.3 https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/a7e39f96ac8fdc281f7caaa96e01deb0e24ac7d3
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/a7e39f96ac8fdc281f7caaa96e01deb0e24ac7d3
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/a7e39f96ac8fdc281f7caaa96e01deb0e24ac7d3
cvssv3.1 8.3 https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/f3db59ffe5a6c0e1f705b3230ebd5ff16865280e
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/f3db59ffe5a6c0e1f705b3230ebd5ff16865280e
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/f3db59ffe5a6c0e1f705b3230ebd5ff16865280e
cvssv3.1 8.3 https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-vm6r-j788-hjh5
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-vm6r-j788-hjh5
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-vm6r-j788-hjh5
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-vm6r-j788-hjh5
ssvc Track https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-vm6r-j788-hjh5
cvssv3.1 8.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45398
cvssv4 8.7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45398
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45398
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-45398
https://github.com/contao/contao
https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/9445d509f12a7f1b68a4794dcc5e3e459b363ebb
https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/a7e39f96ac8fdc281f7caaa96e01deb0e24ac7d3
https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/f3db59ffe5a6c0e1f705b3230ebd5ff16865280e
CVE-2024-45398 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45398
GHSA-vm6r-j788-hjh5 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vm6r-j788-hjh5
GHSA-vm6r-j788-hjh5 https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-vm6r-j788-hjh5
remote-command-execution-through-file-uploads https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/remote-command-execution-through-file-uploads
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/remote-command-execution-through-file-uploads
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/remote-command-execution-through-file-uploads
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-18T13:14:03Z/ Found at https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/remote-command-execution-through-file-uploads
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://github.com/contao/contao
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/contao/contao
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/9445d509f12a7f1b68a4794dcc5e3e459b363ebb
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/9445d509f12a7f1b68a4794dcc5e3e459b363ebb
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/a7e39f96ac8fdc281f7caaa96e01deb0e24ac7d3
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/a7e39f96ac8fdc281f7caaa96e01deb0e24ac7d3
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/f3db59ffe5a6c0e1f705b3230ebd5ff16865280e
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/f3db59ffe5a6c0e1f705b3230ebd5ff16865280e
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-vm6r-j788-hjh5
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-vm6r-j788-hjh5
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-18T13:14:03Z/ Found at https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-vm6r-j788-hjh5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45398
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45398
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.43749
EPSS Score 0.00211
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-10T18:32:17.259868+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2024/45xxx/CVE-2024-45398.json 38.6.0