# CVE-2024-11175: Public CMS Voting Management save cross site scripting

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts into the Voting Management save function, potentially compromising user sessions or executing code.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5fjh-75hm-33xj

## What is CVE-2024-11175?

CVE-2024-11175 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Public CMS, published on 13 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in Public CMS 5.202406.d and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /admin/cmsVote/save of the component Voting Management. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is named b9530b9cc1f5cfdad4b637874f59029a6283a65c. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11175?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Publiccms Publiccms.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-11175?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11175 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-11175 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-11175 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Public CMS

- [CVE-2025-25361](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25361/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-46990](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46990/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-34852](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-34852/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-20914](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-20914/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-20915](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-20915/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-11175 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-11175 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Public CMS, published on 13 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-11175 exists.

Affected product: Public CMS. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11175/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11175/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11175
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11175
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11175

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11175/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.