CVE-2024-8337
Published: 30 August 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-8337 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Remyandrade Contact Manager With Export To Vcf. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked at the 32.2th 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-2024-49104
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in SourceCodester Contact Manager with Export to VCF 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file index.html. The manipulation of the argument contact_name leads to cross…
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site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Stored XSS in contact_name parameter allows injection and execution of arbitrary JavaScript when users view the index.html page, directly mapping to T1059.007 as noted in VulDB advisory.
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.