What is CVE-2024-52281?

CVE-2024-52281 is a high-severity vulnerability in Suse Rancher, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.9/10. Published 2025-04-16.

How severe is CVE-2024-52281?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.9 out of 10.

XSS in Suse Rancher

CVE-2024-52281

A: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability in SUSE rancher allows a malicious actor to perform a Stored XSS attack through the cluster description field. This issue affects rancher: from 2.9.0 before 2.9.4.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.000 (1.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.9 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Suse Rancher — versions 2.9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi
github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-2v2w-8v8c-wcm9

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-52281?: CVE-2024-52281 is a high-severity vulnerability in Suse Rancher, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.9/10. Published 2025-04-16.
How severe is CVE-2024-52281?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.9 out of 10.