Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-39661

Medium

Published: 01 August 2024

Published
01 August 2024
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0017 38.0th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-39661 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked at the 38.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Other Platforms; in the Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms risk domain.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in ExtendThemes Kubio AI Page Builder.This issue affects Kubio AI Page Builder: from n/a through 2.2.4.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

AI Security AnalysisAI

AI Category
Other Platforms
Risk Domain
Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
None mapped
Classification Reason
Kubio AI Page Builder is an AI-powered web page building platform/plugin, fitting under Other Platforms as it involves AI-assisted page generation but not specific to deep learning, ML libraries, NLP, CV, or other narrow categories.

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

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

XSS vulnerability enables injection and execution of malicious JavaScript (T1059.007) in victim browsers via public-facing WordPress plugin (T1190), facilitating theft of web session cookies (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.

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