What is CVE-2024-46540?

CVE-2024-46540 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Emlog, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2024-09-30.

How severe is CVE-2024-46540?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-46540 known to be exploited?

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

Privilege escalation in Emlog

CVE-2024-46540

A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the component /admin/store.php of Emlog Pro before v2.3.15 allows attackers to use remote file downloads and self-extract fucntions to upload webshells to the target server, thereby obtaining system privileges.

Published 2024-09-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 52.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Emlog

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

github.com/emlog/emlog (Product)
github.com/microvorld/CVE-2024/blob/main/emlog.md (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
gist.github.com/microvorld/1c1ef9c3390a5d88a5ede9f9424a8bd2 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-46540?: CVE-2024-46540 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Emlog, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2024-09-30.
How severe is CVE-2024-46540?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-46540 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.