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CVE-2024-53679

Severity CVSS v4.0:
HIGH
Type:
CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
25/03/2025
Last modified:
27/03/2025

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (&amp;#39;Cross-site Scripting&amp;#39;) vulnerability in Apache VCL in the User Lookup form. A user with sufficient rights to be able to view this part of the site can craft a URL or be tricked in to clicking a URL that will give a specified user elevated rights.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> This issue affects all versions of Apache VCL through 2.5.1.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.5.2, which fixes the issue.

Impact

Vector 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/RE:M CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.40 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/RE:M

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): None
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): Active
Confidentiality (VC): High
Integrity (VI): High
Availability (VA): High
Confidentiality (SC): None
Integrity (SI): None
Availability (SA): None
Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): Moderate

Base Score 4.0
8.40
Severity 4.0
HIGH

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