OpenCMS cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Date: 2025-04
Affected: maven/org.opencms:opencms-core
Attack vector: xss
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: Medium
CVE: CVE-2024-41446
CWE: CWE-79
CVSS: 5.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Alkacon OpenCMS v17.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the image parameter under the Create/Modify article function.


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