Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-46998

High

Published: 24 October 2024

Published
24 October 2024
Modified
28 October 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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0106 78.1th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-46998 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Basercms Basercms. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique GUI Input Capture (T1056.002); ranked in the top 21.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

baserCMS is a website development framework. Versions prior to 5.1.2 have a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Edit Email Form Settings Feature. Version 5.1.2 fixes the issue.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1056.002 GUI Input Capture Collection
Adversaries may mimic common operating system GUI components to prompt users for credentials with a seemingly legitimate prompt.
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T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
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T1113 Screen Capture Collection
Adversaries may attempt to take screen captures of the desktop to gather information over the course of an operation.
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T1115 Clipboard Data Collection
Adversaries may collect data stored in the clipboard from users copying information within or between applications.
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T1217 Browser Information Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may enumerate information about browsers to learn more about compromised environments.
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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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T1555.003 Credentials from Web Browsers Credential Access
Adversaries may acquire credentials from web browsers by reading files specific to the target browser.
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Why these techniques?

XSS in authenticated Edit Email Form Settings enables JavaScript injection for browser-context execution (T1059.007), GUI input capture (T1056.002), screen capture (T1113), clipboard data theft (T1115), browser info discovery (T1217), web session cookie theft (T1539), and credentials from browsers (T1555.003).

Affected Assets

basercms
basercms
≤ 5.1.2

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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