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SimpleHelp Path Traversal Vulnerability CVE-2024-57727

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SimpleHelp Path Traversal Vulnerability CVE-2024-57727

Disclosed
01/12/2025
Created
02/25/2025

Description

There exists a path traversal vulnerability in the /toolbox-resource endpoint that enables unauthenticated remote attackers to download arbitrary files from the SimpleHelp server via crafted HTTP requests

Author(s)

  • horizon3ai
  • imjdl
  • jheysel-r7

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use auxiliary/scanner/http/simplehelp_toolbox_path_traversal
msf auxiliary(simplehelp_toolbox_path_traversal) > show actions
    ...actions...
msf auxiliary(simplehelp_toolbox_path_traversal) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(simplehelp_toolbox_path_traversal) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(simplehelp_toolbox_path_traversal) > run

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