Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-50837

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 14 November 2024

Published
14 November 2024
Modified
06 May 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0019 41.2th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-50837 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Lopalopa E-Learning Management System. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked at the 41.2th 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

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in /admin/admin_user.php in KASHIPARA E-learning Management System Project 1.0. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary scripts via the firstname and username parameters.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

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?

Stored XSS enables injection of arbitrary JavaScript (T1059.007) executed in admin browsers and exploitation of a public-facing web application (T1190) for initial access or code execution.

Affected Assets

lopalopa
e-learning management system
1.0

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.

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