Path traversal in Camaleon CMS - CVE-2024-46987
Published: February 27, 2026 / Updated: April 17, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU123313
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-46987
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences within the download_private_file method. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.
Affected software
Camaleon CMS
How to mitigate CVE-2024-46987
Install updates from vendor's website.
Camaleon CMS - update to 2.8.2
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
- Exploit #12612 - Camaleon CMS Directory Traversal CVE-2024-46987 (April 17, 2026)
- Exploit #12547 - msf-cve-2024-46987 (Metasploit module to exploit CVE-2024-46987 - an authenticated path traversal vulnerability in Camaleon CMS versions 2.8.0 through 2.8.2 and 2.9.0) (April 1, 2026)
- Exploit #12531 - CVE-2024-46987 (April 1, 2026)
- Exploit #12440 - Camaleon-CMS-Exploits (CVE for Camaleon-CMS-Exploits (For Study and Education)) (February 27, 2026)
External References
- https://codeql.github.com/codeql-query-help/ruby/rb-path-injection
- https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms/security/advisories/GHSA-cp65-5m9r-vc2c
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2024-182_GHSL-2024-186_Camaleon_CMS
- https://www.reddit.com/r/rails/comments/1exwtdm/camaleon_cms_281_has_been_released