Vulnerability · Published Feb 27, 2025 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2024-54169IBM EntireX path traversal

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in EntireX from IBM. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM EntireX 11.1 could allow an authenticated attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	EntireX	11.1

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

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7184194 vendor-advisory