What is CVE-2024-57498?

CVE-2024-57498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Forestblog Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2025-02-03.

How severe is CVE-2024-57498?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Forestblog Project

CVE-2024-57498

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in sayski ForestBlog 20241223 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the article editing function.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2025-02-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 18.8% 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

Forestblog Project — versions 2024-12-23

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/saysky/ForestBlog/issues/102 (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
gist.github.com/Catherines77/ac0b554f3d755879eb12bfd69ef585b1 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-57498?: CVE-2024-57498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Forestblog Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2025-02-03.
How severe is CVE-2024-57498?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.