CVE-2024-53679 (GCVE-0-2024-53679)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-25 09:33 – Updated: 2025-03-31 16:22
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Title
Apache VCL: XSS vulnerability in User Lookup impacting user privileges
Summary
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Apache VCL in the User Lookup form. A user with sufficient rights to be able to view this part of the site can craft a URL or be tricked in to clicking a URL that will give a specified user elevated rights. This issue affects all versions of Apache VCL through 2.5.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.5.2, which fixes the issue.
Severity ?
8.4 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/RE:M
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache VCL Affected: 2.1 , ≤ 2.5.1 (semver)
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Credits
Chiencp and Nothing from TeamTonTac
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