CVE-2024-27612 describes a vulnerability in the Numbas editor prior to version 7.3, where it improperly handles the editing of themes and extensions. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.2) allows for local privilege escalation, potentially leading to high integrity impact without requiring user interaction. While not currently on CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-51867) for Remote Code Execution exists, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:numbas:editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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