CVE-2024-2053: Artica Proxy Unauthenticated LFI Protection Bypass Vulnerability
- Is it exploited?
Reported, not confirmed by CISA. VulnCheck KEV lists it as exploited in the wild. CISA has not added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of .
VulnCheck KEV lists it since . It cites 1 public report, the first from . VulnCheck's own honeypots also recorded exploitation attempts.
- How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
- 44.6%
EPSS score, percentile 98.8 of all scored records. A probability estimated by FIRST, not a report of exploitation.
CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record lists exploitation as poc.
- How severe?
- 7.5 High
CVSS v3.1 base score, from CISA's enrichment of the record
- What should I do?
CISA has set no required action, because the vulnerability is not in KEV.
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
- Which versions are affected?
Affected
- 4.50
- 4.40
Source: CISA KEV 2026.10.29, as of ; VulnCheck KEV, as of ; FIRST EPSS, as of ; CVE List, as of . About the data.
Description
Artica Proxy Unauthenticated LFI Protection Bypass Vulnerability
The Artica Proxy administrative web application will deserialize arbitrary PHP objects supplied by unauthenticated users and subsequently enable code execution as the "www-data" user. This issue was demonstrated on version 4.50 of the The Artica-Proxy administrative web application attempts to prevent local file inclusion. These protections can be bypassed and arbitrary file requests supplied by unauthenticated users will be returned according to the privileges of the "www-data" user.
Source: CVE List, as of . About the data.
What to do
Advisories and patches
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
This summary is based on the CVE record as of . Check the vendor's advisory before you act: affected versions and fixes can change.
Affected products and versions
Versions by product, as listed in the CVE record (1 product)
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | 4.50 |
| Affected | 4.40 |
Versions not listed are: unaffected.
Source: CVE List, as of . About the data.
Weakness
CWE-23
- CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal
CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record.
Timeline
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