CVE-2024-30618
Published: 04 November 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-30618 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Chamilo Chamilo Lms. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 28.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-28537
Vulnerability details
A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in Chamilo LMS 1.11.26 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in a web browser by including a malicious payload in the 'content' parameter of 'group_topics.php'.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Stored XSS in Chamilo LMS enables exploitation of a public-facing application (T1190) to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript (T1059.007) in victims' browsers, facilitating theft of web session cookies (T1539) and other browser credentials (T1555.003).
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.