5.3

CVE-2024-49771: MPXJ has a Potential Path Traversal Vulnerability

Deferred
AliasesGHSA-j945-c44v-97g6PYSEC-2026-1681
Published 28-10-2024Last modified 29-10-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-49771 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Path Traversal vulnerability in joniles mpxj. EPSS estimates a 0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.48%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 28-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 29-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

MPXJ is an open source library to read and write project plans from a variety of file formats and databases. The patch for the historical vulnerability CVE-2020-35460 in MPXJ is incomplete as there is still a possibility that a malicious path could be constructed which would not be picked up by the original fix and allow files to be written to arbitrary locations. The issue is addressed in MPXJ version 13.5.1.

CVSS metrics

10 scores · 6 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.48%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

40%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.48% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

NuGet4 products
  • MPXJ.Net≥ 13.0.0, < 13.5.1
  • net.sf.mpxj≥ 8.3.5, < 13.5.1
  • net.sf.mpxj-for-csharp≥ 8.3.5, < 13.5.1
  • net.sf.mpxj-for-vb≥ 8.3.5, < 13.5.1
Joniles1 product
  • mpxj≥ 8.3.5, < 13.5.1
Net.sf.mpxj1 product
  • mpxj≥ 8.3.5, < 13.5.1
PyPI1 product
  • mpxj≥ 8.3.5, < 13.5.1
RubyGems1 product
  • mpxj≥ 8.3.5, < 13.5.1

5 vendors · 8 products

References

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