CVE-2024-57727

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.968 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 2 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

96.8% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2025-02-13remediate by 2025-03-06

required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-24

SimpleHelp Path Traversal Vulnerability

SimpleHelp remote support software v5.5.7 and before is vulnerable to multiple path traversal vulnerabilities that enable unauthenticated remote attackers to download arbitrary files from the SimpleHelp host via crafted HTTP requests. These files include server configuration files containing various secrets and hashed user passwords.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.1

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.2

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimaryCWE-22US

ATT&CK techniques

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

auxiliary/scanner/http/simplehelp_toolbox_path_traversalSimpleHelp Path Traversal Vulnerability CVE-2024-57727functional · metasploit
imjdl/CVE-2024-57727CVE-2024-57727PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Simplehelp Ltd SimpleHelp≤ 5.5.8fstec_bduRU
simple-help simplehelp< 5.5.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:simple-help:simplehelp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-01-15modified 2026-08-04

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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