Vulnerability · Published May 13, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-46506
Critical 10.0
In plain English
A critical-severity missing authentication in NetAlertX from NetAlertX. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 62.7% (higher than 99.2% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)10.0Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)62.7%top 0.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling3Metasploit, Nuclei, Public PoC
Official description
NetAlertX 23.01.14 through 24.x before 24.10.12 allows unauthenticated command injection via settings update because function=savesettings lacks an authentication requirement, as exploited in the wild in May 2025. This is related to settings.php and util.php.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-306 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H