# CVE-2024-27612: Numbas editor before 7.3 mishandles editing of themes and extensions.

- Severity: CVSS 6.2 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2024-03-08 · Updated: 2025-03-24

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Numbas editor before 7.3 mishandles editing of themes and extensions.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/numbas/Numbas
- https://www.numbas.org.uk/blog/2024/03/development-update-march-2024/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51867

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