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CVE-2024-50054NVD status: Deferred

myPRO Manager: Path Traversal: '.../...//'

CVE-2024-50054 is a high-severity path traversal: '.../...//' vulnerability in myPRO Manager from mySCADA, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 out of 10. It can be exploited remotely over the network by an unauthenticated attacker, without any action from a user. The record lists version 1.3 as the first without the flaw, so updating myPRO Manager to that release or later removes the exposure. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.71% chance of exploitation within 30 days, higher than 54% of scored CVEs.

Next patch cycle

High severity with no evidence of exploitation so far.

What to do

  1. Update myPRO Manager to 1.3 or a later version.
  2. Update myPRO Runtime to 9.2.1 or a later version.
  3. Until you can update, restrict network access to the affected service so it is not reachable from untrusted networks.

Affected products and versions

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed in
mySCADAmyPRO Managerbefore 1.31.3
mySCADAmyPRO Runtimebefore 9.2.19.2.1

Version data comes from the organisation that assigned the CVE. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.

How the severity score breaks down

Attack vector
NetworkCan be exploited remotely over a network, including the internet.
Attack complexity
LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
Privileges required
NoneNo account or login is needed.
User interaction
NoneNo action by a victim is required.
Scope
UnchangedImpact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality
NoneNo data is disclosed.
Integrity
NoneNothing can be modified.
Availability
HighThe component can be taken down completely.

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. Scored by CNA (hq.dhs.gov).

Scoring systemScoreSeverityScored by
CVSS 4.08.7HighCNA (hq.dhs.gov)
CVSS 3.17.5HighCNA (hq.dhs.gov)

Official description

The back-end does not sufficiently verify the user-controlled filename parameter which makes it possible for an attacker to perform a path traversal attack and retrieve arbitrary files from the file system.

Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.

The underlying weakness: Path Traversal: '.../...//'

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize '.../...//' (doubled triple dot slash) sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

How developers prevent this class of flaw

  • Inputs should be decoded and canonicalized to the application's current internal representation before being validated (CWE-180). Make sure that the application does not decode the same input twice (CWE-174). Such errors could be used to bypass allowlist validation schemes by introducing dangerous inputs after they have been checked.

More Path Traversal: '.../...//' vulnerabilities (CWE-35)

Timeline

  1. CVE record published.
  2. CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: yes, technical impact: partial).
  3. Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).

References

Other vulnerabilities in myPRO Manager

All myPRO Manager vulnerabilities

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