CVE-2024-24520 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue in Lepton CMS v.7.0.0 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the upgrade.php file in the languages place.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00418.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Lepton-cms	Leptoncms

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lepton-cms:leptoncms:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://lepton.com
https://github.com/capture0x/leptoncms
https://github.com/xF9979/LEPTON-CMS
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176647/Lepton-CMS-7.0.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51949

History

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 02:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00147}`	epss `{'score': 0.00112}`

Thu, 01 May 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Lepton-cms Lepton-cms leptoncms
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:lepton-cms:leptoncms:7.0.0:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Lepton-cms Lepton-cms leptoncms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-02-29T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-07-09T00:30:19.507Z

Reserved: 2024-01-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-24520

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-09T00:30:19.507Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-21T02:52:10.787

Modified: 2026-06-17T07:14:34.133

Link: CVE-2024-24520

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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