CVE-2024-8572
Published: 08 September 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-8572 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Gouniverse Golang Cms. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked at the 49.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-2847
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in Gouniverse GoLang CMS 1.4.0. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function PageRenderHtmlByAlias of the file FrontendHandler.go. The manipulation of the argument alias leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be…
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initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 1.4.1 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 3e661cdfb4beeb9fe2ad507cdb8104c0b17d072c. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The reflected XSS vulnerability in the PageRenderHtmlByAlias function allows attackers to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript in victims' browsers when visiting crafted URLs, directly mapping to T1059.007 (JavaScript).
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.