VulnerabilityPublished 18 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-52942: Cross-site Scripting

Source CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.4 Medium · fixed in 15.1 : update Veritas Enterprise Vault when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 09:08 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

5.4Medium

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

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 28% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Affects: Veritas Enterprise Vault before 15.1
Patch: Available – fixed in 15.1

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

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

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

Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
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).
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.
Confidentiality: Low: There is some loss of confidentiality. Access to some restricted information is obtained, but the attacker does not have control over what information is obtained, or the amount or kind of loss is limited. The information disclosure does not cause a direct, serious loss to 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.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide basic user capabilities that could normally affect only settings and files owned by a user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges may have the ability to cause an impact only to non-sensitive resources.
Scope: Changed: An exploited vulnerability can affect resources beyond the security scope managed by the security authority of the vulnerable component. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are different and managed by different security authorities.
User Interaction: Required: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a user to take some action before the vulnerability can be exploited.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 18 Nov 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 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

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2024-52942, organizations should: 1) Apply the official patch or upgrade to Veritas Enterprise Vault version 15.1 UPD882911 or later as soon as it becomes available. 2) Implement strict input validation and output encoding on all user-supplied data within the Enterprise Vault web interface to prevent script injection. 3) Deploy Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts in browsers. 4) Educate users about the risks of interacting with suspicious links or content within the Enterprise Vault environment to reduce the likelihood of triggering XSS payloads. 5) Monitor logs for unusual HTTP request parameters or user activity that may indicate attempted exploitation. 6) Limit user privileges to the minimum necessary to reduce the impact of compromised accounts. 7) Consider using web application firewalls (WAFs) with rules designed to detect and block XSS attempts targeting Enterprise Vault. These measures, combined with timely patching, will reduce the risk posed by this vulnerability.

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas Enterprise Vault before 15.1 UPD882911, ZDI-CAN-24696. It allows an authenticated remote attacker to inject a parameter into an HTTP request, allowing for Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) while viewing archived content. This could reflect back to an authenticated user without sanitization if executed by that user.

Impact

The primary impact of CVE-2024-52942 is the potential compromise of confidentiality and integrity within the Veritas Enterprise Vault environment. Successful exploitation could allow attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of authenticated users, potentially leading to session hijacking, unauthorized data access, or manipulation of archived content. Although the vulnerability does not affect availability, the breach of sensitive archived data could have significant compliance and regulatory consequences, especially for organizations in heavily regulated industries such as finance, healthcare, and government. The requirement for authentication and user interaction limits the attack surface but does not eliminate risk, particularly in environments with many users or where phishing or social engineering could be used to trigger the exploit. Organizations worldwide using affected versions may face reputational damage, legal liabilities, and operational disruptions if this vulnerability is exploited.

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).

References

veritas.com/support/en_US/security/VTS24-013 (opens in a new tab)

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 26 Feb 2026, 01:41 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-79

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