CVE-2024-28740
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Koha ILS 23.05 and before allows a remote attacker to...
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Koha ILS 23.05 and before allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the additonal-contents.pl component.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
9.6
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Koha ILS 23.05 and before allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the additonal-contents.pl component.
- Record
CVE-2024-28740- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
6.1
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Koha ILS 23.05 and before allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the additonal-contents.pl component.
- Record
CVE-2024-28740- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-25829
6.1
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Koha ILS 23.05 and before allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the additonal-contents.pl component.
- Record
EUVD-2024-25829- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v82q-947r-frwp
9.6
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Koha ILS 23.05 and before allows a remote attacker to...
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Koha ILS 23.05 and before allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the additonal-contents.pl component.
- Record
GHSA-v82q-947r-frwp- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.1
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Koha ILS 23.05 and before allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the additonal-contents.pl component.
- Record
CVE-2024-28740- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-28740 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.6) in Koha, published August 6, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.71%, the 53rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
febin0x4e4a.wordpress.com/2023/01/11/xss-vulnerability-in-koha-integrated-library-system
febin0x4e4a.wordpress.com/2024/03/07/xss-to-one-click-rce-in-koha-ils
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28740
github.com/advisories/GHSA-v82q-947r-frwp
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/28xxx/CVE-2024-28740.json