# CVE-2024-42718: Croogo CMS has a path traversal vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-42718-croogo-cms-has-a-path-traversal-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-12-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2024-42718 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.5 · Published 2025-12-26

A path traversal vulnerability in Croogo CMS 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a specially crafted path in the 'edit-file' parameter.

Technologies: [croogo/croogo (Packagist)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/croogo-croogo). Vendors: [Packagist](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/packagist).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2024-42718 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-42718 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2024-42718?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.5, published 26 December 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** croogo/croogo (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=4.0.7.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2024-42718?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2024-42718?** Check whether you run Croogo or croogo/croogo (Packagist) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- Croogo
- croogo/croogo (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=4.0.7

## Identifiers

- CVE-2024-42718
- GHSA-g5p6-3j82-xfm4

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- [Cross site scripting in Croogo](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2017-1000510-cross-site-scripting-in-croogo)
- [Croogo vulnerable to XSS in title field](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2019-7171-croogo-vulnerable-to-xss-in-title-field)
- [Croogo vulnerable to XSS in title field](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2019-7169-croogo-vulnerable-to-xss-in-title-field)