Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-56923

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 22 January 2025

Published
22 January 2025
Modified
28 May 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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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 0.0016 37.3th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-56923 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Silverpeas Silverpeas. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Browser Session Hijacking (T1185); ranked at the 37.3th 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

Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in the Categorization Option of My Subscriptions Functionality in Silverpeas Core 6.3.1 <= 6.4.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code. This is achieved by injecting a malicious payload into the Name field…

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of a subscription. The attack can lead to session hijacking, data theft, or unauthorized actions when an admin user views the affected subscription.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1185 Browser Session Hijacking Collection
Adversaries may take advantage of security vulnerabilities and inherent functionality in browser software to change content, modify user-behaviors, and intercept information as part of various browser session hijacking techniques.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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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.
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Why these techniques?

Stored XSS enables arbitrary JS execution when admins view subscriptions, facilitating public-facing app exploitation (T1190), browser session hijacking (T1185), and web session cookie theft (T1539) for session hijacking, data theft, and unauthorized actions.

Affected Assets

silverpeas
silverpeas
6.3.1 — 6.4.2

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
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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