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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.7

CVE-2024-47820 json

MarkUs vulnerable to Path Traversal

published 2024-11-18 23 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-42700

cvss
5.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

MarkUs, a web application for the submission and grading of student assignments, is vulnerable to path traversal in versions prior to 2.4.8. Authenticated instructors may download any file on the web server MarkUs is running on, depending on the file permissions. MarkUs v2.4.8 has addressed this issue. No known workarounds are available at the application level aside from upgrading.

Patch / fix

  • markusproject markus 2.4.8

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
23 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
NVD 3.1 3.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

  • MarkUsProject Markus

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.