CVE-2024-27136
Published: 24 June 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-27136 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Apache Jspwiki. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 2.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-27136 is a cross-site scripting vulnerability (CWE-79) affecting the Upload page in Apache JSPWiki versions 2.12.1 and earlier. The flaw permits injection of JavaScript that executes in a victim's browser, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1 reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, no required privileges, and required user interaction.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the issue by crafting a malicious request that triggers script execution when a victim visits the Upload page, enabling theft of sensitive browser-resident information such as cookies or session tokens.
Apache has published an advisory directing users to upgrade to JSPWiki 2.12.2 or later; the same guidance appears in the project's CVE page and the oss-security mailing list announcement.
The EPSS score has remained flat at its recorded peak of 0.5056 with no material post-disclosure rise.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-1896
Vulnerability details
XSS in Upload page in Apache JSPWiki 2.12.1 and priors allows the attacker to execute javascript in the victim's browser and get some sensitive information about the victim. Apache JSPWiki users should upgrade to 2.12.2 or later.
- 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.