What is CVE-2024-2078?

CVE-2024-2078 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Helpdeskz, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2024-03-01.

How severe is CVE-2024-2078?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.

XSS in Helpdeskz

CVE-2024-2078

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been found in HelpDeskZ affecting version 2.0.2 and earlier. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to send a specially crafted JavaScript payload within the email field and partially take control of an authenticated user's browser session.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2024-03-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (19.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 19.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Helpdeskz — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-h… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-2078?: CVE-2024-2078 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Helpdeskz, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2024-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2024-2078?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.