Vulnerability · Published Nov 18, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2024-47820MarkUs vulnerable to Path Traversal

Medium 5.7

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in Markus from MarkUsProject. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.7Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 44.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

MarkUs, a web application for the submission and grading of student assignments, is vulnerable to path traversal in versions prior to 2.4.8. Authenticated instructors may download any file on the web server MarkUs is running on, depending on the file permissions. MarkUs v2.4.8 has addressed this issue. No known workarounds are available at the application level aside from upgrading.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
MarkUsProject	Markus	< 2.4.8

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

References

https://github.com/MarkUsProject/Markus/security/advisories/GHSA-wq6v-vx8c-8fj8 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/MarkUsProject/Markus/pull/7026 x_refsource_MISC