CVE-2024-40875 Cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Secure Access administrative console prior to 13.52
Administrators can inject scripts into the management console, interfering with other admins' sessions and compromising integrity.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-40875?
CVE-2024-40875 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Absolute Software Secure Access, published on 20 Dec 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
There is a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the management console of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.52. Attackers with system administrator permissions can interfere with another system administrator’s use of the management console when the second administrator logs in. Attack complexity is high, attack requirements are present, privileges required are high, user interaction required is none. The impact to confidentiality is none, the impact to availability is low, and the impact to system integrity is high.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-40875?
How do I fix CVE-2024-40875?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-40875 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2024-40875 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-40875 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f23m-r9xm-vv4f.