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CVE-2024-12842: Emlog Pro user.php cross site scripting

MediumCVSS 6.9 · v4.0—No exploit No fix recorded

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 27/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.40% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

A vulnerability was found in Emlog Pro up to 2.4.1. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/user.php. The manipulation of the argument keyword leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Published
Dec 20, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 35th percentile

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Action score

27

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
27 / 40 · 6.9 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · VulDB
6.9
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Versions reported by the vendor

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

  • n/a Emlog Pro

    • 2.4.0, 2.4.1affected

Affected versions

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

  • emlog emlogbefore 2.4.1

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2023-44974An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the component /admin/plugin.php of Emlog Pro v2.2.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code…
    45Plan
  • CVE-2026-42287Emlog: SQL Injection Vulnerability in log_model.php within addLog() and updateLog() Functions
    40Plan
  • CVE-2023-43291Deserialization of Untrusted Data in emlog pro v.2.1.15 and earlier allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the cache.php…
    40Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-50655Nov 15, 2024 · emlog pro <=2.3.18 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS), which allows attackers to write malicious JavaScript code in published…
    21Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-12841Dec 20, 2024 · Emlog Pro tag.php cross site scripting
    27Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-12843Dec 20, 2024 · Emlog Pro plugin.php cross site scripting
    27Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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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.

Variant candidates

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

  • CVE-2025-2582368 days apartA cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Emlog Pro v2.5.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injecting a…
    29Monitor
  • CVE-2025-2582568 days apartA cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Emlog Pro v2.5.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injecting a…
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2026-21430378 days apartEmlog: CSRF chained with stored XSS leads to ATO
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2024-128410 days apartEmlog Pro tag.php cross site scripting
    27Monitor
  • CVE-2024-128430 days apartEmlog Pro plugin.php cross site scripting
    27Monitor
  • CVE-2024-128440 days apartEmlog Pro store.php cross site scripting
    27Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

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

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

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

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Vulnerable

ts
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

Fixed

ts
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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References

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