# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 24 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f23m-r9xm-vv4f

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## 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.

## Is CVE-2024-40875 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-40875 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-40875 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-40875 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Absolute Software Secure Access. 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-2024-40875/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40875/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-40875
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40875
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-40875

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40875/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.