CVE-2024-31839
Published: 12 April 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-31839 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Tiagorlampert Chaos. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 0.6% 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-2024-31839 is a cross-site scripting vulnerability affecting tiagorlampert CHAOS version 5.0.1. The flaw resides in the sendCommandHandler function within the handler.go component and is tracked under CWE-79. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.8, reflecting network attack vector, high attack complexity, and no required privileges or user interaction.
A remote attacker can exploit the issue to escalate privileges, resulting in limited impacts to confidentiality and integrity with no availability effect. The provided references consist of a technical blog post discussing remote code execution against the CHAOS RAT through spoofed agents together with the project's GitHub repository; neither source details official patches or mitigation steps.
The associated EPSS score stands at 0.8464 with a recorded peak of 0.8536, indicating sustained exploitation interest after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-1184
Vulnerability details
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in tiagorlampert CHAOS v.5.0.1 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the sendCommandHandler function in the handler.go component.
- 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.