CVE-2024-33253
Published: 13 June 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-33253 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Openeclass Openeclass. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked at the 34.9th 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-2024-30998
Vulnerability details
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in GUnet OpenEclass E-learning Platform version 3.15 and before allows a authenticated privileged attacker to execute arbitrary code via the title and description fields of the badge template editing function.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Stored XSS in badge template allows privileged authenticated attacker to inject persistent malicious JavaScript executed in other users' browsers, enabling JavaScript execution (T1059.007), keylogging (T1056.001), clipboard theft (T1115), and web session cookie theft (T1539).
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.