What is CVE-2024-56477?

CVE-2024-56477 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Power Hardware Management Console, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-02-14.

How severe is CVE-2024-56477?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-56477 known to be exploited?

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

Path Traversal in Ibm Power Hardware Management Console

CVE-2024-56477

IBM Power Hardware Management Console V10.3.1050.0 could allow an authenticated user to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary file…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.005 (37.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Ibm Power Hardware Management Console — versions 10.3.1050.0
Ibm Power_hardware_management_console — versions 10.3.1060.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

plzheheplztrying/cve_

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-56477?: CVE-2024-56477 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Power Hardware Management Console, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-02-14.
How severe is CVE-2024-56477?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-56477 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.