CVE-2024-57728
7.2, high Known exploited Used in ransomwareSimpleHelp Path Traversal Vulnerability
- CVSS
- 7.2, high high CVSS v3.1
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 65% higher than 99.2% of scored CVEs
- Exploitation
- Confirmed in the wild
- Published
- 15 Jan 2025a year ago
Known exploited
CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 24 Apr 2026 and links it to ransomware activity. US federal agencies had to remediate by 8 May 2026, a deadline that has passed.
Required action. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description
SimpleHelp remote support software v5.5.7 and before allows admin users to upload arbitrary files anywhere on the file system by uploading a crafted zip file (i.e. zip slip). This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on the host in the context of the SimpleHelp server user.
Details
- Vendor
- SimpleHelp
- Product
- Simplehelp
- Weakness
- CWE-59 (opens in a new tab)
- Status
- Analyzed
- Updated
- 17 Jun 2026
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References 5
Advisories 4
- simple-help.com /kb---security-vulnerabilities-01-2025#security-vulnerabilities-in-simplehelp-5-5-7-and-earlier (opens in a new tab)
- horizon3.ai /attack-research/disclosures/critical-vulnerabilities-in-simplehelp-remote-support-software/ (opens in a new tab)
- microsoft.com /en-us/security/blog/2026/04/06/storm-1175-focuses-gaze-on-vulnerable-web-facing-assets-in-high-tempo-medusa-ransomware-operations/ (opens in a new tab)
- trendmicro.com /vinfo/us/security/news/ransomware-spotlight/ransomware-spotlight-dragonforce (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.
Other SimpleHelp CVEs
Every SimpleHelp CVE we holdSame vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.
- CVE-2026-48558 SimpleHelp Authentication Bypass Vulnerability KEV EPSS 6% 10, critical
- CVE-2024-57726 SimpleHelp Missing Authorization Vulnerability KEV EPSS 67% 9.9, critical
- CVE-2024-57727 SimpleHelp Path Traversal Vulnerability KEV EPSS 97% 7.5, high
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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 16 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.