CVE-2024-52585
Published: 18 November 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-52585 is a low-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Autolabproject Autolab. Its CVSS base score is 1.2 (Low).
Operationally, ranked in the top 26.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-45956
Vulnerability details
Autolab is a course management service that enables auto-graded programming assignments. There is an HTML injection vulnerability in version 3.0.1 that can affect instructors and CAs on the grade submissions page. The issue is patched in version 3.0.2. One may…
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apply the patch manually by editing line 589 on `gradesheet.js.erb` to take in feedback as text rather than html.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
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.