Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-48536

HighPublic PoC

Published: 20 November 2024

Published
20 November 2024
Modified
01 October 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0018 39.5th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-48536 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Esoftplanner Esoft Planner. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Email Account (T1087.003); ranked at the 39.5th 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

Vulnerability details

Incorrect access control in eSoft Planner 3.24.08271-USA allow attackers to view all transactions performed by the company via supplying a crafted web request.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1087.003 Email Account Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of email addresses and accounts.
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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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T1213.004 Customer Relationship Management Software Collection
Adversaries may leverage Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software to mine valuable information.
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T1499.003 Application Exhaustion Flood Impact
Adversaries may target resource intensive features of applications to cause a denial of service (DoS), denying availability to those applications.
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Why these techniques?

CVE-2024-48536 enables data collection from CRM-like software via broken access control (T1213.004) and exploitation of public-facing app (T1190). Related advisories enable email account discovery (T1087.003), client execution via reflected XSS (T1203), and application exhaustion DoS (T1499.003).

Affected Assets

esoftplanner
esoft planner
3.24.08271-usa

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.

References