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CVE-2024-51748: Remote code execution through language setting in kanboard

HighCVSS 7.2 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 28/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.94% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 61.4% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
Fixed version: kanboard kanboard 1.2.42.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to kanboard kanboard 1.2.42 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Kanboard is project management software that focuses on the Kanban methodology. An authenticated Kanboard admin can run arbitrary php code on the server in combination with a file write possibility. The user interface language is determined and loaded by the setting `application_language` in the `settings` table. Thus, an attacker who can upload a modified sqlite.db through the dedicated feature, has control over the filepath, which is loaded. Exploiting this vulnerability has one constraint: the attacker must be able to place a file (called translations.php) on the system. However, this is not impossible, think of anonymous FTP server or another application that allows uploading files. Once the attacker has placed its file with the actual php code as the payload, the attacker can craft a sqlite db settings, which uses path traversal to point to the directory, where the `translations.php` file is stored. Then gaining code execution after importing the crafted sqlite.db. This issue has been addressed in version 1.2.42 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

BDU:2024-10653

Published: Nov 11, 2024
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 0.9% · 61th percentile
CWE: CWE-22

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.9%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: proof of concept
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 7.2
CNA · GitHub_M: 9.1; 1.9 point gap

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

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Vendor	Product	CPE
kanboard	kanboard	cpe:2.3:a:kanboard:kanboard

Versions reported by the vendor

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kanboard kanboard
- < 1.2.42affected

Affected versions

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kanboard kanboardbefore 1.2.42

Same product

kanboard: all records

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Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2024-36399Jun 6, 2024 · Kanboard affected by Project Takeover via IDOR in ProjectPermissionController
25Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2024-51747Nov 11, 2024 · Arbitrary File Read and Delete in kanboard
28Monitor
Later →CVE-2024-54001Dec 5, 2024 · Kanboard allows a persistent HTML injection site scripting in settings page date format
22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
kanboard kanboard	1.2.42 · description	Vendor (CNA)
debian:kanboard	1.2.44+ds-1 · Debian:14	Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

CVE-2024-517470 days apartArbitrary File Read and Delete in kanboard
28Monitor
CVE-2025-55011274 days apartKanboard Path Traversal in File Write via Task File Upload Api
21Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
Administrator privileges are required.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-22 class

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Vulnerable

1const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);
2res.sendFile(file);

Fixed

1const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);
2if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {
3  return res.sendStatus(400);
4}
5res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log (1)

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:48 PM UTC

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