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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2024-40746

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in HikaShop Joomla Component < 5.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the web browser of a user, by including a malicious payload in the `description` parameter of any product.

MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 0.27%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.27%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in HikaShop Joomla Component < 5.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the web browser of a user, by including a malicious payload in the `description` parameter of any product. The `description `parameter is not sanitised in the backend.

CVSS 3.1
5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.27% probability · 19th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
hikashop/hikashop
Source
security@joomla.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.