Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-6516

Critical

Published: 05 December 2024

Published
05 December 2024
Modified
27 February 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v4 9.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Red
EPSS Score 0.0355 88.0th percentile
Risk Priority 21 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-6516 is a critical-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Abb Aspect-Ent-2 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 12.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Cross Site Scripting vulnerabilities where found providing a potential for malicious scripts to be injected into a client browser.  Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

abb
aspect-ent-2 firmware
≤ 3.08.03
abb
aspect-ent-256 firmware
≤ 3.08.03
abb
aspect-ent-96 firmware
≤ 3.08.03
abb
nexus-2128 firmware
≤ 3.08.03
abb
nexus-2128-a firmware
≤ 3.08.03
abb
nexus-2128-f firmware
≤ 3.08.03
abb
nexus-2128-g firmware
≤ 3.08.03
abb
nexus-264 firmware
≤ 3.08.03
abb
nexus-264-a firmware
≤ 3.08.03
abb
nexus-264-g firmware
≤ 3.08.03
+9 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

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.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

References