Medium severity · published Jun 7, 2024
CVE-2024-37160
Formwork has a Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Description metadata
4.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Formwork is a flat file-based Content Management System (CMS). An attackers (requires administrator privilege) to execute arbitrary web scripts by modifying site options via /panel/options/site. This type of attack is suitable for persistence, affecting visitors across all pages (except the dashboard). This vulnerability is fixed in 1.13.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
formwork · getformwork
< 1.13.1; = 2.0.0-beta.1 · source: vendor, NVD, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37160
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37160
Patch
https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/commit/9d471204f7ebb51c3c27131581c2b834315b5e0b
Patch
https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/commit/f5312015a5a5e89b95ef2bd07e496f8474d579c5
Exploit
https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/security/advisories/GHSA-5pxr-7m4j-jjc6
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