CVE-2024-40474

Medium

Published: 12 August 2024

Published

12 August 2024

Modified

15 August 2024

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0019 41.0th percentile

Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-40474 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Mayurik Best House Rental Management System. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 41.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-38465

Vulnerability details

A Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in "edit-cate.php" in SourceCodester House Rental Management System v1.0.

CWE(s): CWE-79

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.

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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?

Reflected XSS in public-facing web app (edit-cate.php) enables exploitation of public-facing application (T1190). Malicious JavaScript payload facilitates stealing web session cookies from victims (T1539).