What is CVE-2024-5741?

CVE-2024-5741 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Checkmk, classified under Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-06-17.

How severe is CVE-2024-5741?

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

XSS in Checkmk

CVE-2024-5741

Stored XSS in inventory tree rendering in Checkmk before 2.3.0p7, 2.2.0p28, 2.1.0p45 and 2.0.0 (EOL)

Published 2024-06-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 18.7% 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

Checkmk — versions 2.1.0, 2.2.0, 2.3.0
Checkmk Gmbh — versions 2.3.0, 2.2.0, 2.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

checkmk.com/werk/17009 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-5741?: CVE-2024-5741 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Checkmk, classified under Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-06-17.
How severe is CVE-2024-5741?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.