CVE-2024-41943
Published: 30 July 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-41943 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 4.6 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 38.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-39288
Vulnerability details
I, Librarian is an open-source version of a PDF managing SaaS. PDF notes are displayed on the Item Summary page without any form of validation or sanitation. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by inserting a payload in the PDF…
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notes that contains malicious code or script. This code will then be executed when the page is loaded in the browser. The vulnerability was fixed in version 5.11.1.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
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.