CVE-2024-28734
Published: 19 March 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-28734 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Unit4 Financials (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 7.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-28734 is a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability (CWE-79) affecting Unit4 Financials by Coda in versions prior to 2023Q4. The flaw resides in the handling of the cols parameter within HTTP GET requests and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1.
A remote attacker without authentication can supply a crafted GET request that executes arbitrary script in the context of a victim user who follows a malicious link, resulting in limited impact to integrity and availability within the affected application.
The EPSS score for this CVE rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.1199 before receding to its current value of 0.0860, indicating measurable post-disclosure exploitation interest. Public proof-of-concept material is available but no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation has been reported.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-25823
Vulnerability details
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Unit4 Financials by Coda prior to 2023Q4 allows a remote attacker to run arbitrary code via a crafted GET request using the cols parameter.
- 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.