CVE-2024-0647
Published: 17 January 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-0647 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Sparksuite Simplemde. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 49.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-16439
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Sparksuite SimpleMDE up to 1.11.2. This affects an unknown part of the component iFrame Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely.…
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The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-251373 was assigned to this vulnerability.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.