CVE-2024-56313
Published: 22 December 2024
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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-53103
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
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
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.