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CVE-2024-32548: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in Hideki Tanaka What's New Generator

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VulnerabilityCVE-2024-32548cvecve-2024-32548cwe-79
Published: Wed Apr 17 2024 (04/17/2024, 08:10:57 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Hideki Tanaka
Product: What's New Generator

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Hideki Tanaka What's New Generator allows Stored XSS.This issue affects What's New Generator: from n/a through 2.0.2.

CVSS v3.1

Score 5.9medium

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected software

Affected versions
<=2.0.2

AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 04/29/2026, 02:50:09 UTC

Technical Analysis

CVE-2024-32548 is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability (CWE-79) in Hideki Tanaka's What's New Generator software, affecting versions through 2.0.2. It results from improper neutralization of input during web page generation, enabling attackers with high privileges to inject malicious scripts that execute in the context of other users. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.9, reflecting medium severity with impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No official patch or remediation level has been published, and no known exploits are reported in the wild.

Potential Impact

Successful exploitation could allow an attacker with high privileges to inject and store malicious scripts that execute when other users view the affected pages. This can lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system or user data. However, exploitation requires user interaction and elevated privileges, limiting the risk scope. No known active exploitation has been reported.

Mitigation Recommendations

No official patch or remediation guidance is currently available from the vendor. Users should monitor the vendor's advisories for updates. Until a fix is released, limit access to the affected software to trusted users with high privileges and consider applying web application firewall rules or input validation controls to mitigate stored XSS risks.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
Patchstack
Date Reserved
2024-04-15T09:14:00.861Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 69f1652fcbff5d86104ab466

Added to database: 4/29/2026, 1:55:59 AM

Last enriched: 4/29/2026, 2:50:09 AM

Last updated: 6/13/2026, 10:26:45 AM

Views: 27

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