What is CVE-2024-5520?

CVE-2024-5520 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Alkacon Opencms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-05-30.

How severe is CVE-2024-5520?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

XSS in Alkacon Opencms

CVE-2024-5520

Two Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities have been discovered in Alkacon's OpenCMS affecting version 16, which could allow a user with sufficient privileges to create and modify web pages through the admin panel, can execute malicious JavaScript code, after inserting code in the “title” field.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (20.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Alkacon Opencms — versions 16, 16.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve-coordination@incibe.es (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-5520?: CVE-2024-5520 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Alkacon Opencms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-05-30.
How severe is CVE-2024-5520?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.