Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-33338

HighPublic PoC

Published: 29 April 2024

Published
29 April 2024
Modified
23 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0173 82.9th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-33338 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Jizhicms Jizhicms. Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 17.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in jizhicms v.2.5.4 allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information via a crafted article publication request.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
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T1056.002 GUI Input Capture Collection
Adversaries may mimic common operating system GUI components to prompt users for credentials with a seemingly legitimate prompt.
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Why these techniques?

XSS vulnerability enables exploitation of public-facing web application (T1190) to inject and execute JavaScript (T1059.007) in admin browser context during article preview, facilitating GUI input capture (T1056.002) to steal autofilled admin credentials.

Affected Assets

jizhicms
jizhicms
2.5.4

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

References