CVE-2024-57727
Actively exploited. CVE-2024-57727 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-02-13) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2024-57727 is indexed in Metasploit, GitHub PoC and Nuclei. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
SimpleHelp remote support software contains multiple path traversal vulnerabilities that allow unauthenticated remote attackers to download arbitrary files from the SimpleHelp host via crafted HTTP requests. These files may include server configuration files and hashed user passwords.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- SimpleHelp contains multiple path traversal vulnerabilities that allow unauthenticated remote attackers to download arbitrary files.
- Who is affected
- Unauthenticated remote attackers targeting SimpleHelp deployments.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of SimpleHelp to mitigate the vulnerabilities.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2024-57727 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- MetasploitA Metasploit Framework module targets this CVE — weaponized, point-and-click exploitation.look it up ↗
- GitHub PoCPublic proof-of-concept repositories on GitHub reference this CVE.look it up ↗
- NucleiA nuclei-templates detection/PoC template exists for this CVE.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2024-57727: SimpleHelp Path Traversal Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-02-13
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