CVE-2024-41446

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 21 April 2025

Published

21 April 2025

Modified

24 April 2025

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 0.0022 44.4th percentile

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

Summary

CVE-2024-41446 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Alkacon Opencms. 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 44.4th 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-2025-12368

Vulnerability details

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Alkacon OpenCMS v17.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the image parameter under the Create/Modify article function.

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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T1659 Content Injection Initial Access

Adversaries may gain access and continuously communicate with victims by injecting malicious content into systems through online network traffic.

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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?

Stored XSS in OpenCMS enables exploitation of public-facing web applications (T1190), injection of malicious scripts executed in users' browsers (T1659), and theft of web session cookies from victims viewing affected content (T1539).