CVE-2024-50841
Published: 14 November 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-50841 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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 34.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-45022
Vulnerability details
A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in /admin/calendar_of_events.php in KASHIPARA E-learning Management System Project 1.0. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary scripts via the date_start, date_end, and title parameters.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Stored XSS in admin panel enables exploitation of a public-facing web application (T1190) and allows arbitrary JavaScript execution to steal web session cookies from authenticated users viewing the page (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.