What is CVE-2024-6485?

CVE-2024-6485 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bootstrap, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-07-11.

How severe is CVE-2024-6485?

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

Is CVE-2024-6485 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Bootstrap

CVE-2024-6485

A security vulnerability has been discovered in bootstrap that could enable Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The vulnerability is associated with the data-loading-text attribute within the button plugin. This vulnerability can be exploited by injecting malicious JavaScript code into the attribute, which would then be executed when the button's loading state is triggered.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (39.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Bootstrap — versions 1.4.0
Bootstrap-sass — versions 2.3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-6485?: CVE-2024-6485 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bootstrap, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-07-11.
How severe is CVE-2024-6485?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-6485 known to be exploited?: 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.