🛡️ CVE-2024-46257 — nginx-proxy-manager

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-46257 is classified as CWE-89: SQL Injection. Untrusted input is concatenated into an SQL statement, letting an attacker change the query and reach data the request should not return.

Affected software

CVE-2024-46257 is recorded against 1 package.

• nginx-proxy-manager

Timeline and source

Published on 27 September 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

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Other advisories for this package

nginx-proxy-manager has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2025-50579 (5.3 Medium, published 19 Aug 2025)
• CVE-2024-46256 (9.8 Critical, published 27 Sep 2024)
• CVE-2024-39935 (8.8 High, published 4 Jul 2024)
• CVE-2023-27224 (9.8 Critical, published 22 Mar 2023)
• CVE-2023-23596 (8.8 High, published 20 Jan 2023)
• CVE-2022-28379 (6.8 Medium, published 3 Apr 2022)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-89: SQL Injection) in other software:

• CVE-2022-45786 (8.1 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-41703 (5.0 Medium, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-25506 (6.5 Medium, published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2019-25710 (8.0 High, published 12 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2020-36947 (8.0 High, published 27 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2021-47763 (8.0 High, published 15 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2022-50895 (9.8 Critical, published 13 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2022-50894 (6.5 Medium, published 13 Jan 2026)

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