# CVE-2024-13159: Ivanti Endpoint Manager - Path Traversal

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2024-13159 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2024-13159

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 9.8
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Ivanti Endpoint Manager
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-36 (Absolute Path Traversal)
- **Tags:** enterprise_software, firewall

## Description

Absolute path traversal in Ivanti EPM before the 2024 January-2025 Security Update and 2022 SU6 January-2025 Security Update allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to leak sensitive information.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2024-13159](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13159) is a critical vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to perform absolute path traversal, potentially leaking sensitive information from the affected system.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 5th of March 2025.

Data from the CrowdSec community indicates that exploitation of CVE-2024-13159 is highly selective and intelligence-driven. Threat actors use advanced reconnaissance and carefully choose their targets, often as part of sophisticated campaigns or advanced persistent threat operations.
Data from the CrowdSec community also indicates a gradual decrease in attacks targeting CVE-2024-13159. While still present in the wild, exploitation levels have dropped noticeably week-over-week. This may signal that the vulnerability is becoming less relevant or that defenses are improving fast enough for attackers to lose interest.

Detection has revealed that attacks are primarily directed at endpoints containing `/wsvulnerabilitycore/vulcore.asmx`.

## Timeline

- 2025-01-14: CVE Published. CVE-2024-13159 is published to NVD.
- 2025-03-05: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2024-13159 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-03-07: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2024-13159 for the first time.
- 2025-03-10: CISA KEV. CVE-2024-13159 is added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog by CISA.
- 2025-03-31: CISA Remediation Deadline. Expiration of the CISA remediation deadline as described in [BOD 22-01](https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-22-01-reducing-significant-risk-known-exploited-vulnerabilities).

## References

- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-13159.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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