Path Traversal in Ritecms

CVE-2022-24247

RiteCMS version 3.1.0 and below suffers from an arbitrary file overwrite via path traversal vulnerability in Admin Panel. Exploiting the vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to overwrite any file in the web root (along with any other file on the server that the PHP process user has the proper permissions to write) resulting a remote code execution.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.039 (89.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-24247?
CVE-2022-24247 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ritecms, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2022-24247?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.