What is CVE-2024-45986?

CVE-2024-45986 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Projectworlds Online Voting System Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-09-26.

How severe is CVE-2024-45986?

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

XSS in Projectworlds Online Voting System Project

CVE-2024-45986

A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was identified in Projectworld Online Voting System 1.0 that occurs when an account is registered with a malicious javascript payload. The payload is stored and subsequently executed in the voter.php and profile.php pages whenever the account information is accessed.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

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

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Projectworlds Online_voting_system_project — versions 1.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45986?: CVE-2024-45986 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Projectworlds Online Voting System Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2024-45986?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.