What is CVE-2024-27731?

CVE-2024-27731 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Friendica, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-08-15.

How severe is CVE-2024-27731?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Friendica

CVE-2024-27731

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Friendica v.2023.12 allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information via the lack of file type filtering in the file attachment parameter.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2024-08-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 21.8% 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

Friendica — versions 2023.12

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

leo.oliver.nz/posts/2024/05/friendica-cve-disclosures/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/friendica/friendica/pull/13927 (Patch, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-27731?: CVE-2024-27731 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Friendica, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-08-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-27731?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.