Path Traversal in Ritecms

CVE-2022-24248

RiteCMS version 3.1.0 and below suffers from an arbitrary file deletion via path traversal vulnerability in Admin Panel. Exploiting the vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to delete any file in the web root (along with any other file on the server that the PHP process user has the proper permissions to delete). Furthermore, an attacker might leverage the capability of arbitrary file deletion to circumvent certain web server security mechanisms such as deleting .htaccess file that would deactivate those security constraints.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.210 (97.3th 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-2022-24248?
CVE-2022-24248 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ritecms, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2022-24248?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.