CVE-2024-25627
Published: 16 February 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-25627 is a low-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Alf Alf. Its CVSS base score is 3.5 (Low).
Operationally, ranked in the top 31.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-22947
Vulnerability details
Alf.io is a free and open source event attendance management system. An administrator on the alf.io application is able to upload HTML files that trigger JavaScript payloads. As such, an attacker gaining administrative access to the alf.io application may be…
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able to persist access by planting an XSS payload. This issue has been addressed in version 2.0-M4-2402. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for 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.
Requiring identifiable owners for portable devices reduces the attack surface for unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types via anonymous media.
Dangerous file uploads can be detonated in the chamber to determine malice before any production write or execution occurs.
Prevents unrestricted writing of arbitrary or malicious firmware by keeping hardware write-protect enabled except under tightly controlled manual procedures.
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.
Scans files from external sources on download/open/execute, blocking unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types.