CVE-2024-46987
Arbitrary path traversal in Camaleon CMS
- Published
- Sep 18, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 17, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Evidence observed
- Apr 30, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:NModerate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 96.5%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Camaleon CMS is a dynamic and advanced content management system based on Ruby on Rails. A path traversal vulnerability accessible via MediaController's download_private_file method allows authenticated users to download any file on the web server Camaleon CMS is running on (depending on the file permissions). This issue may lead to Information Disclosure. This issue has been addressed in release version 2.8.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Sources
10Exploit created using Python
- CVE-2024-46987Exploit
PoC exploit for CVE-2024-46987 — Camaleon CMS arbitrary path traversal (file read)
This Python PoC exploits CVE-2024-46987, a Path Traversal bug in Camaleon CMS 2.8.0 < 2.8.2 (work on 2.9.0). It allows authenticated users to read sensitive server files via the MediaController. Intended for authorized security auditing and educational research only.
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