Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-6986

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 20 March 2025

Published
20 March 2025
Modified
08 July 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0016 36.1th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-6986 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Lollms Lollms Web Ui. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 36.1th 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

Vulnerability details

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Settings page of parisneo/lollms-webui version 9.8. The vulnerability is due to the improper use of the 'v-html' directive, which inserts the content of the 'full_template' variable directly as HTML. This allows an…

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attacker to execute malicious JavaScript code by injecting a payload into the 'System Template' input field under main configurations.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

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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T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
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T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
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Why these techniques?

The XSS vulnerability in the web UI allows remote attackers to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript in users' browsers via the Settings page, enabling exploitation of a potentially public-facing application (T1190), client-side code execution through the vulnerability (T1203), and abuse of the JavaScript interpreter (T1059.007).

Affected Assets

lollms
lollms web ui
9.8

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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