What is CVE-2024-42469?

CVE-2024-42469 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Openhab, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-42469?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-42469 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Openhab

CVE-2024-42469

openHAB, a provider of open-source home automation software, has add-ons including the visualization add-on CometVisu. Prior to version 4.2.1, CometVisu's file system endpoints don't require authentication and additionally the endpoint to…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.012 (64.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Openhab
Openhab Openhab-webui — versions < 4.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42469?: CVE-2024-42469 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Openhab, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-42469?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-42469 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.