CVE-2024-40114
Published: 02 June 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-40114 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Sitecom Wlx-2006 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 39.7th 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-2024-54620
Vulnerability details
A Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Sitecom WLX-2006 Wall Mount Range Extender N300 v1.5 and before allows an attacker to manipulate the language cookie to inject malicious JavaScript code.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
XSS vulnerability enables exploitation of public-facing web application on network device (T1190), client-side JavaScript execution in admin browser (T1203), and theft of web session cookies via injected JS (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.
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.