What is CVE-2024-6052?

CVE-2024-6052 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 2024-07-03.

How severe is CVE-2024-6052?

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

Is CVE-2024-6052 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Checkmk

CVE-2024-6052

Stored XSS in Checkmk before versions 2.3.0p8, 2.2.0p29, 2.1.0p45, and 2.0.0 (EOL) allows users to execute arbitrary scripts by injecting HTML elements

Published 2024-07-03 · 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: 0.004 (30.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 30.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · 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)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

checkmk.com/werk/17010 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-6052?: CVE-2024-6052 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 2024-07-03.
How severe is CVE-2024-6052?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-6052 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.