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CVE-2024-37348· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Absolute

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Absolute Secure Access administrative console prior to 13.06

There is a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the management UI of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.06. Attackers with system administrator permissions can interfere with another system administrator’s use of the management UI when the second administrator later edits the same management object. This vulnerability is distinct from CVE-2024-37349 and CVE-2024-37351. The scope is unchanged, there is no loss of confidentiality. Impact to system integrity is high, impact to system availability is none.

LowCVSS 3.4 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jun 20, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 17th percentile
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Action score

13

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
13 / 40 · 3.4 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
3.4
CNA · Absolute
4.5
1.1 point gap

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Affected systems

VendorProduct
absolutesecure access

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • absolute secure accessbefore 13.06

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Absolute). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Absolute Software Secure Access

    • before 13.06affected · Server

Same product

absolute: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-55402CVE-2026-55402 is an out of bounds read vulnerability in Secure Access servers prior to version 14.57.
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2026-33445Memory management vulnerability in Secure Access servers
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2026-40952Privilge misconfiguration in Secure Access installers
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2026-33451Arbitrary read/write vulnerability in Windows clients prior to 14.50
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2025-49080Memory management vulnerability in Absolute Secure Access server versions 9.0 to 13.54
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2025-59595CVE-2025-59595 is an internally discovered denial of service vulnerability in versions of Secure Access prior to 14.12.
    32Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Absolute Software Secure Access13.06Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2024-373430 days apartCross-site scripting vulnerability in the Absolute Secure Access administrative console prior to 13.06
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2024-373450 days apartCross-site scripting vulnerability in the Absolute Secure Access administrative console prior to 13.06
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2024-373500 days apartCross-site scripting vulnerability in the Absolute Secure Access administrative console prior to 13.06
    18Monitor
  • CVE-2025-27706342 days apartCross-site scripting vulnerability in the Secure Access administrative console of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.54
    18Monitor
  • CVE-2025-54089469 days apartCross-site Scripting vulnerability in Secure Access prior to 14.10
    18Monitor
  • CVE-2024-373520 days apartCross-site scripting vulnerability in the Absolute Secure Access administrative console prior to 13.06
    13Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Root cause

User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-79 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

Fixed

ts
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

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References

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