CVE-2024-8407
Published: 04 September 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-8407 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Alwindoss Akademy. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked at the 39.1th 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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-49153
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in alwindoss akademy up to 35caccea888ed63d5489e211c99edff1f62efdba. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file cmd/akademy/handler/handlers.go. The manipulation of the argument emailAddress leads to cross site scripting. The…
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attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This product does not use versioning. This is why information about affected and unaffected releases are unavailable.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The reflected XSS vulnerability in the login handler enables injection and execution of arbitrary JavaScript code in users' browsers, directly facilitating T1059.007 (JavaScript) as noted in the 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.