Actively exploited · Published Mar 4, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-48248
High 8.6 Exploited
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Backup & Replication Director from NAKIVO. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on March 19, 2025). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 94.4% (higher than 99.9% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA guidance
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Federal agencies must remediate by Apr 9, 2025.
Official description
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).
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| NAKIVO | Backup & Replication Director | 0 – before 11.0.0.88174 |
Weakness: CWE-36 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- https://labs.watchtowr.com/the-best-security-is-when-we-all-agree-to-keep-everything-secret-except-the-secrets-nakivo-backup-replication-cve-2024-48248/
- https://helpcenter.nakivo.com/Release-Notes/Content/Release-Notes.htm
- https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/nakivo-arbitrary-file-read-poc-CVE-2024-48248/?ref=labs.watchtowr.com exploit
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-48248 government-resource