What is CVE-2024-45299?

CVE-2024-45299 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Alf, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-09-06.

How severe is CVE-2024-45299?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Alf

CVE-2024-45299

alf.io is an open source ticket reservation system for conferences, trade shows, workshops, and meetups. Prior to version 2.0-M5, the preloaded data as json is not escaped correctly, the administrator / event admin could break their own install by inserting non correctly escaped text. The Content-Security-Policy directive blocks any potential script execution. The administrator or event administrator can override the texts for customization purpose. The texts are not properly escaped. Version 2.0-M5 fixes this issue.

EPSS: 0.007 (50.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Alf
Alfio-event Alf.io — versions < 2.0-M5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-116 — Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45299?: CVE-2024-45299 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Alf, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-09-06.
How severe is CVE-2024-45299?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.