CVE-2024-56364
Published: 23 December 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-56364 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 48.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-3611
Vulnerability details
SimpleXLSX is software for parsing and retrieving data from Excel XLSx files. Starting in 1.0.12 and ending in 1.1.13, when calling the extended toHTMLEx method, it is possible to execute arbitrary JavaScript code. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.1.13.
- 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.