CVE-2024-50656
Published: 03 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-50656 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Angeljudesuarez Placement Management System. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 33.9th 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-2024-44592
Vulnerability details
itsourcecode Placement Management System 1.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via the Full Name field in registration.php.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The stored XSS vulnerability in the public-facing Placement Management System enables exploitation of the web application (T1190), injection and execution of malicious JavaScript in victims' browsers (T1059.007), and theft of web session cookies via JavaScript (T1539).
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.