N-central <2024.6 Path Traversal Exposure of Tomcat WEB-INF dir
CVE-2024-8510 Published on March 17, 2025
N-central Path Traversal
N-central is vulnerable to a path traversal that allows unintended access to the Apache Tomcat WEB-INF directory. Customer data is not exposed.
This vulnerability is present in all deployments of N-central prior to N-central 2024.6.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-8510 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Types
What is a Directory traversal Vulnerability?
The software 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 software 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.
CVE-2024-8510 has been classified to as a Directory traversal vulnerability or weakness.
Relative Path Traversal
The software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. This allows attackers to traverse the file system to access files or directories that are outside of the restricted directory.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-8510
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Affected Versions
N-able N-central:- Before 2024.6 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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