Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-55342

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 20 December 2024

Published
20 December 2024
Modified
18 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0011 29.3th percentile
Risk Priority 9 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-55342 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Dotnetfoundation Piranha Cms. Its CVSS base score is 4.7 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 29.3th 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 file upload functionality in Piranha CMS 11.1 allows authenticated remote attackers to upload a crafted PDF file to /manager/media. This PDF can contain malicious JavaScript code, which is executed when a victim user opens or interacts with the PDF…

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in their web browser, leading to a XSS vulnerability.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

dotnetfoundation
piranha cms
11.1

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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