NetAlertX 24.7.18 before 24.10.12 allows unauthenticated file reading because an HTTP client can ignore a redirect, and because of factors related to strpos and directory traversal, as exploited in the wild in May 2025. This is related to components/logs.php.
The web application sends a redirect to another location, but instead of exiting, it executes additional code.
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/research/cve-2024-46506-rce-in-netalertx/ | exploit third party advisory mitigation |
| https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/netalertx_file_read.rb | exploit |