VulnerabilityPublished 7 Jan 2024Updated 3 Jun 2025

CVE-2024-0262: Online Job Portal · Cross-site Scripting

Affects Online Job PortalSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 2.4 Low.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

2.4Low

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 42% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: High
User Interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: High: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide significant (e.g., administrative) control over the vulnerable component that could affect component-wide settings and files.
User Interaction: Required: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a user to take some action before the vulnerability can be exploited.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: Low: Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification, or the amount of modification is limited. The data modification does not have a direct, serious impact on the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 7 Jan 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
n/a Online Job Portal	Affected =1.0	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate this vulnerability, European organizations should implement strict input validation and output encoding on the 'News' parameter in the /Admin/News.php page to neutralize any injected scripts. Employing a robust Content Security Policy (CSP) can help restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts in the browser. Regularly monitoring and auditing admin activities can help detect suspicious behavior early. Additionally, educating administrators about phishing and social engineering risks is crucial given the need for user interaction in exploitation. If feasible, upgrading or replacing the Online Job Portal software with a version that addresses this vulnerability or switching to a more secure platform is recommended. Finally, implementing web application firewalls (WAF) with custom rules to detect and block XSS payloads targeting this parameter can provide an additional layer of defense.

Description

A vulnerability was found in Online Job Portal 1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /Admin/News.php of the component Create News Page. The manipulation of the argument News with the input </title><scRipt>alert(0x00C57D)</scRipt> leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-249818 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Impact

For European organizations using the Online Job Portal version 1.0, this vulnerability poses a moderate risk primarily to administrative users. If exploited, attackers could execute malicious scripts within the admin interface, potentially stealing session tokens, manipulating news content, or redirecting administrators to malicious sites. While the direct impact on confidentiality and availability is low, the integrity of the portal's administrative content could be compromised. This may undermine trust in the platform and could facilitate further attacks if attackers leverage the foothold gained through XSS. Organizations in Europe that rely on this portal for recruitment or HR functions may face operational disruptions or reputational damage. Additionally, if the portal contains personal data of EU citizens, exploitation could indirectly lead to GDPR compliance issues due to unauthorized access or manipulation of data. The requirement for administrative privileges limits the attack surface but also means insider threats or compromised admin accounts are critical risk factors.

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #1OWASP Top 10 A05:2025: Injection (opens in a new tab)
The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
Implementation · Architecture and Design
Understand the context in which your data will be used and the encoding that will be expected. This is especially important when transmitting data between different components, or when generating outputs that can contain multiple encodings at the same time, such as web pages or multi-part mail messages.
Architecture and Design · Implementation · Attack Surface Reduction
Understand all the potential areas where untrusted inputs can enter your software: parameters or arguments, cookies, anything read from the network, environment variables, reverse DNS lookups, query results, request headers, URL components, e-mail, files, filenames, databases, and any external systems that provide…
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Cross Site Scripting Prevention (opens in a new tab)
DOM based XSS Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Injection Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Abuse Case (opens in a new tab)
Deserialization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V5.3.3 (opens in a new tab)
V1.5.1 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch (opens in a new tab)
DOM-Based XSS (opens in a new tab)
Reflected XSS (opens in a new tab)
Stored XSS (opens in a new tab)
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 4 Jul 2025, 01:43 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-79

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