CVE-2024-11680
9.8, critical Known exploitedProjectSend Improper Authentication Vulnerability
- CVSS
- 9.8, critical critical CVSS v3.1
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 92% higher than 99.8% of scored CVEs
- Exploitation
- Confirmed in the wild
- Published
- 26 Nov 2024a year ago
Known exploited
CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 3 Dec 2024. US federal agencies had to remediate by 24 Dec 2024, a deadline that has passed.
Required action. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description
ProjectSend versions prior to r1720 are affected by an improper authentication vulnerability. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can exploit this flaw by sending crafted HTTP requests to options.php, enabling unauthorized modification of the application's configuration. Successful exploitation allows attackers to create accounts, upload webshells, and embed malicious JavaScript.
Details
- Vendor
- ProjectSend
- Product
- ProjectSend
- Weakness
- CWE-306 (opens in a new tab)
- Status
- Analyzed
- Updated
- 14 Jul 2026
- Assigner
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References 6
Exploit code 1
Patches and fixes 1
Advisories 3
- github.com /projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/projectsend-auth-bypass.yaml (opens in a new tab)
- vulncheck.com /advisories/projectsend-bypass (opens in a new tab)
- synacktiv.com /sites/default/files/2024-07/synacktiv-projectsend-multiple-vulnerabilities.pdf (opens in a new tab)
The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.
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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.