CVE-2024-55602PenDoc vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read on updating and downloading templates using Path Traversal
- 7.6HighCVSS base score
- 0.69%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 47% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
PwnDoc is a penetration test report generator. Prior to commit 1d4219c596f4f518798492e48386a20c6e9a2fe6, an authenticated user who is able to update and download templates can inject path traversal (`../`) sequences into the file extension property to read arbitrary files on the system. Commit 1d4219c596f4f518798492e48386a20c6e9a2fe6 contains a patch for the issue.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits2
References tagged exploit2 references
- https://github.com/pwndoc/pwndoc/security/advisories/GHSA-2mqc-gg7h-76p6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMexploit
- https://gist.github.com/JorianWoltjer/8a42e25c6dfa7604020d2a226e193407 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCexploit
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.69% · top 47% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Affected products
References
References5
- https://github.com/pwndoc/pwndoc/security/advisories/GHSA-2mqc-gg7h-76p6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMexploit
- https://github.com/pwndoc/pwndoc/commit/1d4219c596f4f518798492e48386a20c6e9a2fe6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://gist.github.com/JorianWoltjer/8a42e25c6dfa7604020d2a226e193407 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCexploit
- https://github.com/pwndoc/pwndoc/blob/2e7f5747d5688b1368e549c786ce7266fe5ab2b5/backend/src/routes/template.js#L103 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/pwndoc/pwndoc/blob/2e7f5747d5688b1368e549c786ce7266fe5ab2b5/backend/src/routes/template.js#L43-L47 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-52821 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2024-55602)Record last updated .