# CVE-2024-48248: NAKIVO Backup & Replication - Path Traversal

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2024-48248 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-2024-48248

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 8.6
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** NAKIVO
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-36 (Absolute Path Traversal)
- **Tags:** enterprise_software

## Description

NAKIVO Backup & Replication before 11.0.0.88174 allows absolute path traversal for reading files via getImageByPath to /c/router.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2024-48248](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2024-48248) is a vulnerability found in NAKIVO Backup & Replication, where attackers can leverage the application’s router functionality to perform absolute path traversal and read arbitrary files on the server.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 18th of March 2025.

According to CrowdSec data, while opportunistic exploitation dominates, a portion of threat actors trying to exploit CVE-2024-48248 apply basic targeting methods such as port or service detection. This indicates emerging patterns of selective targeting.
Telemetry from the CrowdSec network also shows that exploitation activity for CVE-2024-48248 remains steady week-over-week. Attack volumes are consistent with long-term trends, indicating sustained interest from threat actors. CVE-2024-48248 continues to be an active part of the threat landscape and will likely remain this way for the forseeable future.

Detected exploitation patterns typically involve requests to URLs containing `/c/router`.

## Timeline

- 2025-03-04: CVE Published. CVE-2024-48248 is published to NVD.
- 2025-03-18: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2024-48248 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-03-18: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2024-48248 for the first time.
- 2025-03-19: CISA KEV. CVE-2024-48248 is added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog by CISA.
- 2025-04-09: 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://labs.watchtowr.com/the-best-security-is-when-we-all-agree-to-keep-everything-secret-except-the-secrets-nakivo-backup-replication-cve-2024-48248/
- https://helpcenter.nakivo.com/Release-Notes/Content/Release-Notes.htm
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-48248.yaml
- https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/nakivo-arbitrary-file-read-poc-CVE-2024-48248/?ref=labs.watchtowr.com

## Live exploitation data

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