Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-50841

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 0.0049 65.8th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

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

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

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.
T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie Credential Access
An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authenticated user without needing credentials.
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

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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