CVE-2024-48284

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 14 November 2024

Published

14 November 2024

Modified

19 November 2024

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0017 38.5th percentile

Risk Priority 10 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-48284 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Phpgurukul User Registration \& Login And User Management System. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 38.5th 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-2024-42983

Vulnerability details

A Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in the /search-result.php page of the PHPGurukul User Registration & Login and User Management System 3.2. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary scripts via the searchkey parameter in a POST…

HTTP request.

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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T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution

Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.

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T1059.007 JavaScript Execution

Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.

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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?

Reflected XSS in public-facing user management web app enables exploitation (T1190), client-side JS execution (T1203, T1059.007), and credential theft via session cookies or browser storage (T1539, T1555.003).