Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-10720

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 20 March 2025

Published
20 March 2025
Modified
28 May 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0016 36.6th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-10720 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Phpipam Phpipam. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 36.6th 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

Vulnerability details

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in phpipam/phpipam version 1.5.2. The vulnerability occurs in the 'Device Management' section under 'Administration' where an attacker can inject malicious scripts into the 'Name' and 'Description' fields when adding a new device type.…

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This can lead to data theft, account compromise, distribution of malware, website defacement, and phishing attacks. The issue is fixed in version 1.7.0.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1659 Content Injection Initial Access
Adversaries may gain access and continuously communicate with victims by injecting malicious content into systems through online network traffic.
T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie Credential Access
An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authenticated user without needing credentials.
T1491 Defacement Impact
Adversaries may modify visual content available internally or externally to an enterprise network, thus affecting the integrity of the original content.
T1566 Phishing Initial Access
Adversaries may send phishing messages to gain access to victim systems.
Why these techniques?

Stored XSS enables exploitation of web app (T1190), content injection of scripts (T1659), JS execution in victim browsers (T1059.007), session cookie theft for data theft/account compromise (T1539), defacement (T1491), and phishing (T1566).

Affected Assets

phpipam
phpipam
≤ 1.7.0

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.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

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