CVE-2024-40074

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 16 April 2025

Published

16 April 2025

Modified

22 April 2025

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0022 44.1th percentile

Risk Priority 10 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-40074 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Oretnom23 Online Id Generator System. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Drive-by Compromise (T1189); ranked at the 44.1th 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-2024-54419

Vulnerability details

Sourcecodester Online ID Generator System 1.0 was discovered to contain Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via id_generator/classes/SystemSettings.php?f=update_settings, and the point of vulnerability is in the POST parameter 'short_name'.

CWE(s): CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1189 Drive-by Compromise Initial Access

Adversaries may gain access to a system through a user visiting a website over the normal course of browsing.

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T1059.007 JavaScript Execution

Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.

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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.

attack.mitre.org →

T1555.003 Credentials from Web Browsers Credential Access

Adversaries may acquire credentials from web browsers by reading files specific to the target browser.

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Why these techniques?

Stored XSS enables injection of malicious JavaScript (T1059.007) executed in users' browsers on page load, supporting drive-by compromise (T1189) and common client-side attacks like stealing session cookies (T1539) and browser credentials (T1555.003).