# CVE-2024-6558: HMS Industrial Networks Anybus-CompactCom 30 Cross-site Scripting

> Attackers can inject malicious HTML into input fields, leading to stored XSS and potential social engineering attacks on users of the Anybus-CompactCom 30 web interface.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L`)
- **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:** 25 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 27 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-85wf-3fq7-j8h4

## What is CVE-2024-6558?

CVE-2024-6558 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in HMS Industrial Networks Anybus-CompactCom 30, published on 25 Jul 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

HMS Industrial Networks

Anybus-CompactCom 30 products are vulnerable to a XSS attack caused by the lack of input sanitation checks. As a consequence, it is possible to insert HTML code into input fields and store the HTML code. The stored HTML code will be embedded in the page and executed by host browser the next time the page is loaded, enabling social engineering attacks.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6558?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Hms-Networks Anybus Compactcom 30 Module Ethernet\/Ip Firmware, Hms-Networks Anybus Compactcom 30 Module Usb Without Housing Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6558?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6558 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6558 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6558 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6558 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6558 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in HMS Industrial Networks Anybus-CompactCom 30, published on 25 Jul 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-2024-6558 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HMS Industrial Networks Anybus-CompactCom 30. 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-2024-6558/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6558/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6558
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6558
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6558

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6558/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.