CVE-2024-5741
Published: 17 June 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-5741 is a medium-severity Basic XSS (CWE-80) vulnerability in Checkmk Checkmk. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 36.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-46900
Vulnerability details
Stored XSS in inventory tree rendering in Checkmk before 2.3.0p7, 2.2.0p28, 2.1.0p45 and 2.0.0 (EOL)
- 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.