CVE-2024-40347

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 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: 2024-07-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Hyland Alfresco Platform 23.2.1-r96 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of a user's browser via injecting a crafted payload into the parameter htmlid.

Affected products

Hyland Alfresco Content Services: before 23.3 — fixed in 23.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Hyland Alfresco Content Services 23.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/4rdr/proofs/blob/main/info/Alfresco_Reflected_XSS_via_htmlid_parameter.md
https://github.com/4rdr/proofs/blob/main/info/Alfresco_Reflected_XSS_via_htmlid_parameter.md

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