What is CVE-2024-42900?

CVE-2024-42900 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ruoyi, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-08-28.

How severe is CVE-2024-42900?

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

Is CVE-2024-42900 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Ruoyi

CVE-2024-42900

Ruoyi v4.7.9 and before was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the sql parameter of the createTable() function at /tool/gen/create.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2024-08-28 · 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: 0.004 (27.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ruoyi

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

gitee.com/y_project/RuoYi (Product)
g03m0n.github.io/posts/cve-2024-42900/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42900?: CVE-2024-42900 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ruoyi, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-08-28.
How severe is CVE-2024-42900?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-42900 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.