CVE-2024-28748
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA remote attacker with high privileges may use a reading file function to inject OS commands.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · low confidenceThis is a command injection vulnerability where a file reading function improperly handles input, allowing an authenticated attacker with high privileges to inject and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify privileged authenticated usersReview user account management and identify accounts with elevated or administrative privileges that have access to file reading functionalityAffected if High-privilege authenticated users exist in the system who can access the file reading function
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Locate file reading functions in the applicationSearch application code or binary for functions that handle file reading operations, particularly those that may accept file paths or contents as parametersAffected if The application contains file reading functions that process user-supplied input
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Verify if file reading functions accept direct user inputInspect the file reading function parameters and trace whether they accept input directly from user requests without sanitizationAffected if File reading functions accept unsanitized user input as file paths or parameters
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Check access controls on file reading endpointsReview authentication and authorization configuration to confirm which privilege levels can invoke file reading operationsAffected if High-privilege accounts can directly invoke the file reading functionality
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Review logs for suspicious file reading activityExamine application and system logs for unusual file paths or command-like patterns in file reading requestsAffected if Logs show file reading requests containing shell metacharacters or unusual patterns
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Compare your application version to affected releasesIf version information is available, compare your installed version against any known affected version ranges for this CVEAffected if Your version falls within an affected range and meets the other conditions
You are affected if your environment runs the vulnerable application with high-privilege authenticated users who can access a file reading function that processes unsanitized user input.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement strict input validation on file paths and contents passed to file reading functions, avoid using user-supplied input in system calls, and use parameterized APIs or safe libraries instead of shell commands.
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- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-28748 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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