CVE-2024-2997
Published: 27 March 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-2997 is a low-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Bdtask Multi Store Inventory Management System. Its CVSS base score is 2.4 (Low).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked in the top 9.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2024-2997 is a cross-site scripting flaw (CWE-79) in Bdtask Multi-Store Inventory Management System versions up to 20240320. It resides in an unspecified component where user-supplied values for arguments such as Category Name, Model Name, Brand Name, and Unit Name are not properly sanitized before being rendered.
An authenticated attacker with administrative privileges can supply crafted payloads remotely over the network. When another user views the affected pages, the injected script executes in the victim's browser, allowing limited tampering with page content or behavior while requiring user interaction to trigger.
Public references on VulDB include a proof-of-concept disclosure and note that the vendor was contacted before publication but did not respond; no official patches or mitigation steps are documented in the available advisories.
The associated EPSS score has remained low and essentially flat since disclosure, with a current value of 0.0579 and a peak of 0.0594.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-27937
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in Bdtask Multi-Store Inventory Management System up to 20240320. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument Category Name/Model Name/Brand Name/Unit Name leads to cross…
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site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-258199. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Stored XSS in Category Name/Model Name/Brand Name/Unit Name fields allows JavaScript injection and execution in victims' browsers, directly enabling T1059.007 (JavaScript) as stated in the advisory.
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.