Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-3427

LowPublic PoC

Published: 07 April 2024

Published
07 April 2024
Modified
17 January 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 3.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0022 45.3th percentile
Risk Priority 7 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-3427 is a low-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Argie Online Courseware. Its CVSS base score is 3.5 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked at the 45.3th 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

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in SourceCodester Online Courseware 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file addq.php. The manipulation of the argument id leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the…

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attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-259599.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
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.
Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS vulnerability in public-facing web app (addq.php) enables remote JavaScript injection and execution in victim browsers (T1059.007), as explicitly mapped in advisories, and facilitates exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190) requiring user interaction via malicious links.

Affected Assets

argie
online courseware
1.0

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.

addresses: CWE-79

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

addresses: CWE-79

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

addresses: CWE-79

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

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