CVE-2024-6181
Published: 20 June 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-6181 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Labvantage Labvantage Lims. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 38.6th 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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-47320
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in LabVantage LIMS 2017. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /labvantage/rc?command=file&file=WEB-CORE/elements/files/filesembedded.jsp&size=32. The manipulation of the argument height/width leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely.…
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The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-269152. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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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.