What is CVE-2024-42758?

CVE-2024-42758 is a medium-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-08-16.

How severe is CVE-2024-42758?

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

Is CVE-2024-42758 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in N/a

CVE-2024-42758

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in version v2024-01-05 of the indexmenu plugin when is used and enabled in Dokuwiki (Open Source Wiki Engine). A malicious attacker can input XSS payloads for example when creating or editing existing page, to trigger the XSS on Dokuwiki, which is then stored in .txt file (due to nature of how Dokuwiki is designed), which presents stored XSS.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (52.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42758?: CVE-2024-42758 is a medium-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-08-16.
How severe is CVE-2024-42758?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-42758 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.