Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Create/Modify article function in Alkacon OpenCMS…
Priority MEDIUM 64CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Create/Modify article function in Alkacon OpenCMS 17.0 allows remote attacker to inject javascript payload via image title sub-field in the image field
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00356 29th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.opencms:opencms-core (Maven) | up to 17.0 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-h75c-f2xx-9vxv |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.opencms:opencms-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected up to 17.0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-h75c-f2xx-9vxv
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-42699
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h75c-f2xx-9vxv
References
More Alkacon Opencms vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-19187 An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the component /workplace#!explorer of Alkacon… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2024-27633 A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Alkacon OpenCMS v17.0 allows… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2024-27632 A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Alkacon OpenCMS v17.0 allows… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2023-15113 A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in alkacon-OpenCMS v11.0.0.0 allows… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2021-07974 OpenCMS - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Sitemap CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2018-06358 Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-42699 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-42699 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h75c-f2xx-9vxv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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