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CVE-2024-46506

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2025-05-13
  • Fixed in24.10.12
  • WeaknessCWE-306

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

NetAlertX 23.01.14 through 24.x before 24.10.12 allows unauthenticated command injection via settings update because function=savesettings lacks an authentication requirement, as exploited in the wild in May 2025. This is related to settings.php and util.php.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2025-05-1316:15CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD
Netalertx
BranchAffectedFixed in
24.10≥ 23.01.14, < 24.10.1224.10.12

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As mitre, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • NetAlertXother versions: not affected
    Affected
    • ≥ 23.01.14, < 24.10.12fixed in 24.10.12custom

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2025-05-13

Fix

  1. Update Netalertx to 24.10.12

Detection

read 2026-11-01 01:02 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/linux/http/netalertx_rce_cve_2024_46506rank: excellentModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2025-05-13
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-3qp4-7wm4-9hhr

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-46506?

NetAlertX 23.01.14 through 24.x before 24.10.12 allows unauthenticated command injection via settings update because function=savesettings lacks an authentication requirement, as exploited in the wild in May 2025. This is related to settings.php and util.php.

Is CVE-2024-46506 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2024-46506, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-46506?

CVE-2024-46506 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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