Vulnerability · Published Jul 1, 2024 · Assigned by CERT-PL

CVE-2024-6050Reflected XSS in SOWA OPAC

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in SOWA OPAC from SOKRATES-software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 44.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability in SOKRATES-software SOWA OPAC allows a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). An attacker might trick somebody into using a crafted URL, which will cause a script to be run in user's browser. This issue affects SOWA OPAC software in versions from 4.0 before 4.9.10, from 5.0 before 6.2.12.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
SOKRATES-software SOWA OPAC 4.0 – before 4.9.105.0 – before 6.2.12

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/AU:Y/R:A/U:Green

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