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CVE-2024-40111

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-08-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A persistent (stored) cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in Automad 2.0.0-alpha.4. This vulnerability enables an attacker to inject malicious JavaScript code into the template body. The injected code is stored within the flat file CMS and is executed in the browser of any user visiting the forum.

Affected products

• automad: 2.0.0-alpha4

References

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/10BVQKYo2H1-Nx3FOGteL2xww4lbZ3xlS/view?usp=sharing
• https://github.com/w3bn00b3r/Stored-Cross-Site-Scripting-XSS---Automad-2.0.0-alpha.4/

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