Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-57522

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 03 February 2025

Published
03 February 2025
Modified
22 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0109 78.4th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-57522 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Oretnom23 Packers And Movers Management System. Its CVSS base score is 6.4 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Web Portal Capture (T1056.003); ranked in the top 21.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

SourceCodester Packers and Movers Management System v1.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Users.php. An attacker can inject a malicious script into the username or name field during user creation.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1056.003 Web Portal Capture Collection
Adversaries may install code on externally facing portals, such as a VPN login page, to capture and transmit credentials of users who attempt to log into the service.
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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 (T1190) in Users.php allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in admin browsers when viewing user lists, enabling web portal capture for phishing/credential theft (T1056.003) and stealing web session cookies for session hijacking (T1539).

Affected Assets

oretnom23
packers and movers management system
1.0

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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