What is CVE-2024-42906?

CVE-2024-42906 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Testlink, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-08-26.

How severe is CVE-2024-42906?

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

XSS in Testlink

CVE-2024-42906

TestLink before v.1.9.20 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via the pop-up on upload file. When uploading a file, the XSS payload can be entered into the file name.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2024-08-26 · 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 (25.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 25.9% 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

Testlink

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

testlink.org/ (Product)
github.com/Alkatraz97/CVEs/blob/main/CVE-2024-42906.md (Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42906?: CVE-2024-42906 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Testlink, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-08-26.
How severe is CVE-2024-42906?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.