What is CVE-2024-40746?

CVE-2024-40746 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hikashop, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-40746?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-40746 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Hikashop

CVE-2024-40746

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in HikaShop Joomla Component < 5.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the web browser of a user, by including a malicious payload in the `description` parameter of any product. The `description `parameter is not sanitised in the backend.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (18.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Hikashop
Hikashop.com Hikashop Component For Joomla — versions 1.0.0-5.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

security@joomla.org (Product, product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40746?: CVE-2024-40746 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hikashop, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-40746?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-40746 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.