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Exploited in the wild High confidence Not in CISA KEV

CVE-2024-58396

CPAS Audit Management System Path Traversal

YouDataSum / CPAS Audit Management System · V4

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Severity
CVSS 8.7 · High
Confidence
High
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
0.4%
First observed
—
Last observed
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Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

Direct answers before the deeper technical record.

What it is

CVE-2024-58396 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting YouDataSum CPAS Audit Management System. YouDataSum CPAS Audit Management System V4 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is high. Also confirmed by third-party sources.

Who is affected?

YouDataSum / CPAS Audit Management System v4.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

CPAS Audit Management System Path Traversal

YouDataSum CPAS Audit Management System V4 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by manipulating the fileId parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to /cpasm4/plugInManController/downPlugs with ../ sequences in fileId to retrieve system files like /etc/passwd.

Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2025-01-13.

YouDataSum Affected
CPAS Audit Management System
V4
View vendor advisory (opens in new tab)
Published
22 Oct 2026
Exploitation Reported
22 Oct 2026
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CVE

Recorded 22 Oct 2026

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Proof of concept available

CVE

Recorded 22 Oct 2026

Public scanner or PoC coverage increases practical exploitability.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CVE First 2026-10-22 11:10 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

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No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v4.0

8.7 High

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS

0.4%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE-22

All CVSS Scores

CVSS v4.0 8.7 High

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS v3.1 7.5 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Potential Proof of Concepts

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GitHub PoC (2)

cve · Created Unknown

GitHub PoC (1)

cve · Created Unknown

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 11:10 UTC

    Public PoC available

    Public proof-of-concept code published

  2. 11:10 UTC

    Added to Previdian KEV Feed

    High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation

  3. 10:57 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  4. 20:25 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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  "cve_id": "CVE-2024-58396",
  "confidence": "High",
  "cvss_score": 8.7,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.00389,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}