Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-39090

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 18 July 2024

Published
18 July 2024
Modified
05 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0260 85.9th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-39090 is a medium-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Online Shopping Portal. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 14.1% 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

The PHPGurukul Online Shopping Portal Project version 2.0 contains a vulnerability that allows Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of a…

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user's session, potentially leading to account takeover.

CWE(s)

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.
T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie Credential Access
An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authenticated user without needing credentials.
Why these techniques?

CVE-2024-39090 enables exploitation of a public-facing web application via CSRF leading to stored XSS (T1190), allowing arbitrary JavaScript execution in users' browsers (T1059.007), and facilitating theft of web session cookies for account takeover (T1539).

Affected Assets

phpgurukul
online shopping portal
2.0

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-352

Awareness training educates users on avoiding untrusted links and actions that can be exploited via CSRF.

addresses: CWE-352

Requiring user re-entry of credentials for sensitive actions prevents automated forgery of requests without active user participation.

addresses: CWE-352

Security testing regimens explicitly include checks for missing or ineffective anti-CSRF protections in web applications.

addresses: CWE-352

Detects anomalous request patterns consistent with cross-site request forgery.

References