Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Apache VCL in the User Lookup form. A user with sufficient rights to be able to view this part of the site can craft a URL or be tricked in to clicking a URL that will give a specified user elevated rights. This issue affects all versions of Apache VCL through 2.5.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.5.2, which fixes the issue.
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Description Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Apache VCL in the User Lookup form. A user with sufficient rights to be able to view this part of the site can craft a URL or be tricked in to clicking a URL that will give a specified user elevated rights. This issue affects all versions of Apache VCL through 2.5.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.5.2, which fixes the issue.
Title Apache VCL: XSS vulnerability in User Lookup impacting user privileges
Weaknesses CWE-79
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/RE:M'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2025-03-25T09:33:44.443Z

Updated: 2025-03-25T10:03:39.215Z

Reserved: 2024-11-21T22:02:24.062Z

Link: CVE-2024-53679

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-03-25T10:15:16.027

Modified: 2025-03-25T10:15:16.027

Link: CVE-2024-53679

cve-icon Redhat

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