Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-48591

Medium

Published: 20 March 2025

Published
20 March 2025
Modified
01 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0057 69.1th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-48591 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Inflectra Spirateam. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique SVG Smuggling (T1027.017); ranked in the top 30.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Inflectra SpiraTeam 7.2.00 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS). A specially crafted SVG file can be uploaded that will render and execute JavaScript upon direct viewing.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1027.017 SVG Smuggling Stealth
Adversaries may smuggle data and files past content filters by hiding malicious payloads inside of seemingly benign SVG files.
T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
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.
Why these techniques?

XSS via crafted SVG upload enables SVG Smuggling (T1027.017) for obfuscated JavaScript execution (T1059.007) in victim browsers upon viewing, exploiting a public-facing web application (T1190).

Affected Assets

inflectra
spirateam
7.2.00

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.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

References