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.
- CVSS
- 7.7High
- Exploited in the wild
- Not knownPublic exploit code; not in CISA KEV
- EPSS
- 14.6%chance of exploitation in the next 30 daystop 4% of scored CVEsFIRST score of 11 Nov 2026
- Fix
- Patch availablesee the advisories in the references
- Published
- 18 Sept 2024analysed here 12 Nov 2026
Summary
Triage
- Attack surface
- Server-side
- Exploitable
- At runtime
- Attack vector
- network
- Can a WAF block it?
- Yes. See why
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Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Vendor says fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| owen2345 camaleon-cms | < 2.8.2Vendor says fixed in: not stated |
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.
Products named in our analysis
- tuzitio:camaleon_cms
Fix and mitigation
WAF and other mitigations
Can a WAF block it? Yes. Path traversal sends `../` sequences in the request, which WAF rules catch, including the common encodings.
Also consider: canonical path validation · response filtering
Based on the weakness type only; no CVE-specific evidence yet. We check Cloudflare, AWS, Google Cloud Armor and Azure; for Akamai, Imperva, Fastly, F5, ask your vendor.
Remediation steps (AI-written)
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Exploitation evidence
- CISA KEV catalog
- Not listed as of our last sync.
- Public exploit code
- Yes: 1 on Exploit-DB · 1 Metasploit module · 10 GitHub proofs of concept
Exploit-DB
- Camaleon CMS v2.9.0 - Path Traversalwebapps, 30 Apr 2026
Metasploit
- auxiliary/gather/camaleon_download_private_fileauxiliary, rank normal
GitHub proofs of concept
- Goultarde/CVE-2024-4698727 stars
- advaitpathak21/CVE-2024-469871 stars
- L1337Xi/CVE-2024-469870 stars
- Ik0nw/CVE-2024-469870 stars
and 6 more repositories
Listed so you can judge urgency, not as a recommendation to run anything. GitHub “proofs of concept” are unvetted: some are fake or carry malware. Exploit-DB marks the entries its staff verified.
Timeline
- 18 Sept 2024Published
- 1 Feb 2026First public exploit or proof of concept500 days (about 1 year) later
- 12 Nov 2026Analysed by vulneraibility.com285 days (about 10 months) later
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
| Metric | Value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Attack vector | NetworkReachable over the internet or any routable network. | Reachable over the internet or any routable network. |
| Attack complexity | LowRepeatable attack, no special conditions. | Repeatable attack, no special conditions. |
| Privileges required | LowThe attacker needs basic user privileges. | The attacker needs basic user privileges. |
| User interaction | NoneNo victim action needed. | No victim action needed. |
| Scope | ChangedImpact crosses a security boundary into other components. | Impact crosses a security boundary into other components. |
| Confidentiality | HighTotal data disclosure possible. | Total data disclosure possible. |
| Integrity | NoneNo unauthorised modification. | No unauthorised modification. |
| Availability | NoneThe service stays up. | The service stays up. |
Common questions
Is CVE-2024-46987 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2024-46987 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 15% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2024-46987?
CVE-2024-46987 is rated High with a CVSS score of 7.7. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2024-46987?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2024-46987. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2024-46987 affect?
CVE-2024-46987 affects tuzitio:camaleon_cms. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
References
Where the data on this page comes from
- CVE List (CVE.org): description, affected versions, references; CVE Terms of Use
- NVD: CVSS and CPE data
- FIRST EPSS: exploit probability and percentile
- Exploit-DB: published exploits
- Metasploit Framework: exploit and scanner modules
- PoC-in-GitHub: GitHub repositories that claim a proof of concept
Summary, impact and triage tags: written by our AI analysis pipeline from the sources above. Check them against the sources.
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