# CVE-2024-42412: Cross-site scripting in WAB-I1750-PS

> Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in a user's browser via a malicious page, requiring the user to be logged into the access point.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 19 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hff3-p4h7-f98r

## What is CVE-2024-42412?

CVE-2024-42412 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ELECOM CO.,LTD. WAB-I1750-PS, published on 30 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in ELECOM wireless access points due to improper processing of input values in menu.cgi. If a user views a malicious web page while logged in to the product, an arbitrary script may be executed on the user's web browser.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42412?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Elecom Wab-I1750-Ps Firmware, Elecom Wab-S1167-Ps Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-42412?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-42412 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-42412 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42412 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ELECOM CO.,LTD. WAB-I1750-PS

- [CVE-2024-43689](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43689/): Memory corruption in WAB-I1750-PS (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-39300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39300/): Auth bypass in WAB-I1750-PS (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-42412 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-42412 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ELECOM CO.,LTD. WAB-I1750-PS, published on 30 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42412 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ELECOM CO.,LTD. WAB-I1750-PS. 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-2024-42412/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42412/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42412
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42412
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42412

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42412/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.