CVE-2024-57279
Published: 07 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-57279 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 47.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-53562
Vulnerability details
A reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in the LDAP User Manager <= ce92321, specifically in the /setup/index.php endpoint via the returnto parameter. This vulnerability arises due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input, allowing an attacker to inject…
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malicious JavaScript.
- 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.