CVE-2024-50836
Published: 14 November 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-50836 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Lopalopa E-Learning Management System. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Drive-by Compromise (T1189); ranked at the 31.6th 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-2024-45017
Vulnerability details
A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in /admin/teachers.php in KASHIPARA E-learning Management System Project 1.0. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary scripts via the firstname and lastname parameters.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Stored XSS vulnerability enables drive-by compromise (T1189) and exploitation of public-facing web applications (T1190) by injecting persistent malicious JavaScript, facilitating arbitrary script execution (T1059.007) in victims' browsers.
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.