CVE-2024-34231
Published: 14 May 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-34231 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Sourcecodester Laboratory Management System. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 35.6th 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-2024-34705
Vulnerability details
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Sourcecodester Laboratory Management System v1.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the System Short Name parameter.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
XSS vulnerability in Laboratory Management System enables exploitation of a public-facing web application to inject and execute arbitrary scripts in victims' browsers.
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.