CVE-2024-9699
Published: 20 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-9699 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Flatpress Flatpress. 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 40.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-6840
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability in the file upload functionality of the FlatPress CMS admin panel (version latest) allows an attacker to upload a file with a JavaScript payload disguised as a filename. This can lead to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack if…
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the uploaded file is accessed by other users. The issue is fixed in version 1.4.dev.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The vulnerability in the FlatPress CMS admin panel file upload feature enables attackers to upload files with disguised JavaScript payloads, facilitating exploitation of a public-facing web application (T1190) and stored XSS for drive-by compromise (T1189).
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.