CVE-2024-42515 | Glossarizer through 1.5.2 improperly tries to convert text i… | CVSS 9.9 CRITICAL

Description

Glossarizer through 1.5.2 improperly tries to convert text into HTML. Even though the application itself escapes special characters (e.g., <>), the underlying library converts these encoded characters into legitimate HTML, thereby possibly causing stored XSS. Attackers can append a XSS payload to a word that has a corresponding glossary entry.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2024-42515
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Reserved: 2024-08-02 00:00 UTC
Published: 2024-10-31 00:00 UTC
Last updated: 2024-11-01 15:26 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-79
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Gene…
Vendor / Product: n/a / n/a
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.9 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: PoC
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: partial

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
n/a	n/a	—	n/a

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
—	cna	n/a
CWE-79	adp	CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.9	CRITICAL	3.1	adp	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L

References (3)