CVE-2024-37396

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2025-06-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Calendar function of REDCap 13.1.9 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary web script or HTML by injecting a crafted payload into the 'Notes' field of a calendar event. This could lead to the execution of malicious scripts when the event is viewed. Updating to version 14.2.1 or later is recommended to remediate this vulnerability.

Affected products

Vanderbilt REDCap: before 14.2.1 — fixed in 14.2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Vanderbilt REDCap 14.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.evms.edu/research/resources_services/redcap/redcap_change_log/
https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/multiple-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerabilities-in-redcap-cve-2024-37394-cve-2024-37395-and-cve-2024-37396/
https://www.trustwave.com/hubfs/Web/Library/Advisories_txt/TWSL2024-003_XSS_REDCap_1.txt
https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/multiple-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerabilities-in-redcap-cve-2024-37394-cve-2024-37395-and-cve-2024-37396/

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