Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-51190

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 11 November 2024

Published
11 November 2024
Modified
01 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0011 28.7th percentile
Risk Priority 10 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-51190 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Trendnet Tew-651Br Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Drive-by Compromise (T1189); ranked at the 28.7th 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

TRENDnet TEW-651BR 2.04B1, TEW-652BRP 3.04b01, and TEW-652BRU 1.00b12 devices contain a Store Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the ptRule_ApplicationName_1.1.6.0.0 parameter on the /special_ap.htm page.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1189 Drive-by Compromise Initial Access
Adversaries may gain access to a system through a user visiting a website over the normal course of browsing.
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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.
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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.
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Why these techniques?

Stored XSS in the router web management interface (/special_ap.htm) via ptRule_ApplicationName parameter enables exploitation of a public-facing application (T1190), drive-by compromise executing malicious JS when admins view the page (T1189), and stealing web session cookies or performing other client-side attacks in the admin's browser context (T1539).

Affected Assets

trendnet
tew-651br firmware
2.04b1
trendnet
tew-652brp firmware
3.04b01
trendnet
tew-652bru firmware
1.00b12

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

References