# CVE-2024-7269: Stored XSS in ConnX ESP HR Management

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts into the personal details form, potentially compromising user sessions in ConnX ESP HR Management.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA: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:** 28 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x928-8f88-6fjf

## What is CVE-2024-7269?

CVE-2024-7269 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ConnX ESP HR Management, published on 28 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

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability in "Update of Personal Details" form in ConnX ESP HR Management allows Stored XSS attack. An attacker might inject a script to be run in user's browser. After multiple attempts to contact the vendor we did not receive any answer. The finder provided the information that this issue affects ESP HR Management versions before 6.6.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7269?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Connx Esp Hr Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7269?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7269 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7269 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7269 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ConnX ESP HR Management

- [CVE-2015-4043](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4043/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7269 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7269 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ConnX ESP HR Management, published on 28 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-2024-7269 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ConnX ESP HR Management. 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-2024-7269/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7269/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7269
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7269
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7269

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7269/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.