vertex-app vertex path traversal

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in vertex-app vertex. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-40646. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in vertex-app vertex (version now known). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vertex is a management tool for PT (Private Tracker) users to manage streaming and watching videos. Versions prior to commit fbde301b97986d5913fc4bc95f5445750d282e11 are vulnerable to path traversal. Users should upgrade to a version containing commit fbde301b97986d5913fc4bc95f5445750d282e11 to receive a patch.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-40646 since 07/08/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

Applying the patch fbde301b97986d5913fc4bc95f5445750d282e11 is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-55604). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• vertex-app

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• vertex

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• Product: https://github.com/vertex-app/vertex/

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