CVE-2024-21798
Published: 28 February 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-21798 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Elecom Wrc-1167Gs2-B Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 39.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-19411
Vulnerability details
ELECOM wireless LAN routers contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Assume that a malicious administrative user configures the affected product with specially crafted content. When another administrative user logs in and operates the product, an arbitrary script may be executed on…
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the web browser. Note that WMC-X1800GST-B is also included in e-Mesh Starter Kit "WMC-2LX-B".
- 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.