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CVE-2024-46987

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2024-09-18
  • Fixed in2.8.1
  • WeaknessCWE-200 · CWE-22

Am I affected?

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Description

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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2024-09-1818:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2026-04-30Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB

Versions per branch

OSV · NVD · CISA-ADP
camaleon_cms
BranchAffectedFixed in
2.8< 2.8.12.8.1
Tuzitio camaleon cms
BranchAffectedFixed in
2.8≥ 2.8.0, < 2.8.22.8.2
2.8< 2.8.22.8.2

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

  • owen2345 camaleon-cms
    Affected
    • = < 2.8.2no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2025-04-17

Fix

  1. Update camaleon_cms to 2.8.1

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-01 01:02 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-52531
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
1 moduleauxiliary/gather/camaleon_download_private_filerank: normalModule 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:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published
2024-09-18
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-cp65-5m9r-vc2c

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-46987?

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.

Is CVE-2024-46987 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2024-46987, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-46987?

CVE-2024-46987 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.7 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

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