Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-5121

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 20 May 2024

Published
20 May 2024
Modified
10 February 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v4 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0019 41.1th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-5121 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Oretnom23 Event Registration System. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked at the 41.1th 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 vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Event Registration System 1.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /registrar/?page=registration. The manipulation of the argument e leads to cross site scripting. The…

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attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-265201 was assigned to this vulnerability.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
Why these techniques?

The reflected XSS vulnerability in the /registrar/?page=registration endpoint via the 'e' parameter enables arbitrary JavaScript execution in victims' browsers when they interact with the malicious page, directly facilitating T1059.007 (JavaScript) as noted in the VulDB advisory.

Affected Assets

oretnom23
event registration 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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