# CVE-2024-36359: Cross-site scripting in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance

> An XSS vulnerability in Trend Micro IWSVA allows attackers with low-privileged code execution to escalate privileges on the appliance.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 18 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-83cc-qgcr-qjcw

## What is CVE-2024-36359?

CVE-2024-36359 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance, published on 10 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance (IWSVA) 6.5 could allow an attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations.

Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36359?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Trendmicro Interscan Web Security Virtual Appliance.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-36359?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-36359 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-36359 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36359 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance

- [CVE-2016-9269](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9269/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2020-8465](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8465/): Auth bypass in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-8466](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8466/): Command injection in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-28578](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-28578/): Memory corruption in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-8606](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8606/): Auth bypass in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-36359 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-36359 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance, published on 10 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36359 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance. 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-2024-36359/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36359/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36359
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36359
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-36359

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36359/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.