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CVE-2024-42468

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-42468 is an unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability affecting the CometVisu add-on in openHAB versions prior to 4.2.1. This flaw allows an attacker to request local files on the server via an HTTP GET request to the CometVisuServlet. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability poses a significant risk of information disclosure due to its low attack complexity and lack of required privileges or user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openhab:openhab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0081 is in the 28th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.openhab.ui.bundles:org.openhab.ui.cometvisuFixed in: 4.2.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-pcwp-26pw-j98wmedium

CometVisu Backend for openHAB has a path traversal vulnerability

Aug 9, 2024

References

github.com / openhab/openhab-webui/blob/1c03c60f84388b9d7da0231df2d4ebb1e17d3fcf/bundles/org.openhab.ui.cometvisu/src/main/java/org/openhab/ui/cometvisu/internal/servlet/CometVisuServlet.java
Patch
github.com / openhab/openhab-webui/commit/630e8525835c698cf58856aa43782d92b18087f2
Patch
github.com / openhab/openhab-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-pcwp-26pw-j98w
Vendor Advisory