CVE-2024-48591
Published: 20 March 2025
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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-7130
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
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
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.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.