Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-56313

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 22 December 2024

Published
22 December 2024
Modified
22 April 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 0.0020 42.6th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-56313 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Vanderbilt Redcap. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked at the 42.6th 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 stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Calendar feature of REDCap through 14.9.6 allows authenticated users to inject malicious scripts into the Notes field of a calendar event. When the event is viewed, the crafted payload is executed, potentially…

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enabling the execution of arbitrary web scripts.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
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.
T1555.003 Credentials from Web Browsers Credential Access
Adversaries may acquire credentials from web browsers by reading files specific to the target browser.
Why these techniques?

Stored XSS enables arbitrary JavaScript execution in victims' browsers (T1059.007), facilitating theft of web session cookies (T1539) and browser credentials (T1555.003).

Affected Assets

vanderbilt
redcap
≤ 14.9.6

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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