Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-43921

High

Published: 29 August 2024

Published
29 August 2024
Modified
04 September 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0055 68.5th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-43921 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Magic-Post-Thumbnail Magic Post Thumbnail. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 31.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Magic Post Thumbnail allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Magic Post Thumbnail: from n/a through 5.2.9.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

magic-post-thumbnail
magic post thumbnail
≤ 5.2.10

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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