CVE-2024-48248
NAKIVO Backup & Replication before 11.0.0.88174 allows absolute path traversal for reading files via getImageByPath to /c/router (this may lead to remote code execution across the enterprise because PhysicalDiscovery has cleartext credentials).
do firstApply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Can a WAF block it? Partly. Cloudflare publishes WAF a rule written for this CVE. Such rules block the known exploit requests and buy time, but attackers can change the request to get past them, so they do not replace the patch.
Cloudflare · 1 rule (Block) · since 27 May 2025
- NAKIVO Backup - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-48248 · Cloudflare Managed Ruleset
Also consider: patch · enable the vendor rule in block mode
Based on WAF vendor rules published for this CVE. We check Cloudflare, AWS, Google Cloud Armor and Azure; for Akamai, Imperva, Fastly, F5, ask your vendor.
Is CVE-2024-48248 being exploited?
Yes. CVE-2024-48248 appears in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed and reported. Treat it as active rather than theoretical, and patch it ahead of higher-scoring vulnerabilities that carry no exploitation evidence.
How severe is CVE-2024-48248?
CVE-2024-48248 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.6. 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-2024-48248?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2024-48248. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2024-48248 affect?
CVE-2024-48248 affects nakivo:backup_\&_replication_director. 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.
- affected< 11.0.0.88174
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.
public exploits
Unvetted proof-of-concept code on GitHub: 1 GitHub proof of concept · 1 Nuclei template
- NAKIVO Backup and Replication Solution - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read · detection template · high
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.
cisa ssvc
- exploitation
- active
- automatable
- yes
- technical impact
- total
Assessed by CISA 19 Mar 2025 (SSVC 2.0.3).
timeline
- 28 Jan 2025First proof-of-concept repository on GitHub (unvetted)
- 4 Mar 2025Published · 35 days later
- 19 Mar 2025Added to CISA KEV (exploited in the wild) · 15 days later
- 19 Mar 2025CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation active · 1 day later
- 9 Apr 2025CISA remediation due date (US federal agencies) · 20 days later
- 21 Oct 2025CVE record last updated · 196 days (about 7 months) later
- 2 Nov 2026Analysed by vulneraibility.com · 377 days (about 1 year) later
- Exploitgithub.com /watchtowrlabs/nakivo-arbitrary-file-read-poc-CVE-2024-48248/?ref=labs.watchtowr
- Linklabs.watchtowr.com /the-best-security-is-when-we-all-agree-to-keep-everything-secret-except-the-sec
- Linkhelpcenter.nakivo.com /Release-Notes/Content/Release-Notes.htm
- Linkcisa.gov /known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-48248
sources
- CVE List (CVE.org): description, affected versions, references; CVE Terms of Use
- NVD: CVSS and CPE data
- CISA KEV catalog: exploitation, date added, due date
- CISA Vulnrichment (ADP): SSVC decision points
- FIRST EPSS: exploit probability and percentile
- Nuclei templates: detection templates
- 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.