What is CVE-2024-40873?

CVE-2024-40873 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Absolute Secure Access, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.5/10. Published 2024-07-25.

How severe is CVE-2024-40873?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-40873 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Absolute Secure Access

CVE-2024-40873

There is a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Secure Access administrative console of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.07. Attackers with system administrator permissions can interfere with another system administrator’s use of the publishing UI when the administrators are editing the same management object. The scope is unchanged, there is no loss of confidentiality. Impact to system availability is none, impact to system integrity is high.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (18.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Absolute Secure_access
Absolute Security Secure Access — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ericyoc/prob_

References

SecurityResponse@netmotionsoftware.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40873?: CVE-2024-40873 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Absolute Secure Access, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.5/10. Published 2024-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2024-40873?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-40873 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.