Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-6511

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 04 July 2024

Published
04 July 2024
Modified
14 May 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0063 70.8th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-6511 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Ruoyi Ruoyi. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked in the top 29.2% 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

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in y_project RuoYi up to 4.7.9. Affected by this vulnerability is the function isJsonRequest of the component Content-Type Handler. The manipulation of the argument HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE leads to cross site scripting. The attack can…

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be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-270343.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
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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.
attack.mitre.org →
Why these techniques?

The XSS vulnerability in the Content-Type handler allows remote attackers to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript (T1059.007) in victims' browsers with user interaction. As a public-facing web application flaw, it enables exploitation for initial access or client-side code execution (T1190).

Affected Assets

ruoyi
ruoyi
≤ 4.7.9

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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