Used in attacks· fix by 2025-01-039.8CriticalUsed by ransomware gangs

Cleo Multiple Products

CVE-2024-50623

Cleo Harmony, VLTrader, and LexiCom, which are managed file transfer products, contain an unrestricted file upload and download vulnerability that can lead to remote code execution with elevated privileges.

What this means for your business

  • It affects Cleo Multiple Products. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
  • Attackers are already using it. CISA added it to its list of flaws used in real attacks on 13 December 2024.
  • Ransomware gangs are known to have used it.
  • An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
  • FIRST's prediction model gives it a 99% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 99% of all known flaws.

What to do

  1. 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Cleo Multiple Products, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
  2. 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
  3. 3Treat it as urgent. US federal agencies must fix it by 3 January 2025. That deadline does not apply to private companies, but it shows how seriously CISA takes it.
  4. 4Because attackers have used it, check the affected systems for signs of a break-in, not only for the update.

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Required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA’s wording, unedited.

Scoring

CVSS
9.8 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-434
Assigned by
cve@mitre.org

Dates

Published
2024-12-13
Last modified
2026-10-08
Added to KEV
2024-12-13
Remediation due
2025-01-03
Sources
CISA KEV, NVD

Affected products

  • Cleo Harmony- 5.8.0.21
  • Cleo Lexicom- 5.8.0.21
  • Cleo Vltrader- 5.8.0.21

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References