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CVE-2024-42499

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-11-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('Path Traversal') issue exists in FitNesse releases prior to 20241026. If this vulnerability is exploited, an attacker may be able to know whether a file exists at a specific path, and/or obtain some part of the file contents under specific conditions.

Affected products

• Fitnesse: before 20241026 — fixed in 20241026

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Fitnesse 20241026. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://fitnesse.org/FitNesseDownload
• https://github.com/unclebob/fitnesse/releases/tag/20241026
• https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN36791327/

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