Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-40510

High

Published: 27 September 2024

Published
27 September 2024
Modified
14 March 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0918 92.9th percentile
Risk Priority 22 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-40510 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Openpetra Openpetra. Its CVSS base score is 8.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 7.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

CVE-2024-40510 is a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability (CWE-79) affecting openPetra version 2023.02. The flaw resides in the serverMCommon.asmx endpoint and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.2, reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, no required privileges, and required user interaction with changed scope.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the issue by supplying crafted input that is reflected back to a victim user, enabling theft of sensitive information such as session tokens or application data. The CVSS metrics indicate high confidentiality impact with limited integrity consequences.

The two referenced GitHub resources consist of a proof-of-concept repository and the openPetra project itself; neither advisory nor patch information is provided. The associated EPSS score remains flat at 0.0918 with no material increase since disclosure.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in openPetra v.2023.02 allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information via the serverMCommon.asmx function.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

openpetra
openpetra
2023.02

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.

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