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medium 6.2

CVE-2024-27612 json

Numbas editor before 7.3 mishandles editing of themes and extensions.

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-24806

cvss
6.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.7%
EPSS 10.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Numbas editor before 7.3 mishandles editing of themes and extensions.

Patch / fix

  • numbas editor 7.3

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-51867)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

10.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-51867 Numbas < v7.3 - Remote Code Execution webapps, 2024-03-10

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CNA 3.1 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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