CVE-2024-54774
PHP vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Dcat Admin v2.2.0-beta contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the /admin/articles/create endpoint. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on December 27, 2024, affecting the Dcat Admin content management system (MITRE CVE, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a cross-site scripting (XSS) issue that exists in the article creation functionality at the /admin/articles/create endpoint. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 4.8 (MEDIUM) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability has been categorized under CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CISA-ADP).

Impact

When exploited, this XSS vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML in the context of the application. The impact is considered moderate with low confidentiality and integrity impact, while availability is not affected according to the CVSS scoring (CISA-ADP).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires high privileges and user interaction to be exploited. A proof of concept exists demonstrating that the vulnerability can be triggered by inserting malicious JavaScript code in the article title field, which gets stored and executed when viewing the article (GitHub POC).

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