CVE-2024-8149
Published: 04 October 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-8149 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Esri Portal For Arcgis. Its CVSS base score is 4.6 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 49.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-48976
Vulnerability details
There is a reflected Cross‑Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions 11.1 and 11.2 that may allow a remote, authenticated attacker with low‑privileged access to create a crafted link which, when clicked, could potentially execute arbitrary JavaScript…
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code in the victim’s browser. Exploitation is limited to the same browser execution context and does not result in a change of security scope beyond the affected user session.
- CWE(s)
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.