{"id":"CVE-2024-53679","aliases":["EUVD-2024-54302","GHSA-92pj-xr28-j7xr"],"status":"published","title":"Apache VCL: XSS vulnerability in User Lookup impacting user privileges","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.\n\n\n\nThis issue affects all versions of Apache VCL through 2.5.1.\n\n\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 2.5.2, which fixes the issue.","severity":{"version":"4.0","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","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00536,"percentile":0.45485,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2025-03-25T09:33:44Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:55Z","products":[{"vendor":"apache","product":"vcl"},{"vendor":"apache software foundation","product":"apache vcl"}],"references":[{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/bq5vs0hndt9cz9b6rpfr5on1nd4qrmyr","tags":["vendor-advisory","Issue Tracking","Mailing List","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/24/2","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53679","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-92pj-xr28-j7xr"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/53xxx/CVE-2024-53679.json","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-53679","title":"Apache VCL: XSS vulnerability in User Lookup impacting user privileges","description":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Apache VCL in the User Lookup form. 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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.\n\n\n\nThis issue affects all versions of Apache VCL through 2.5.1.\n\n\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 2.5.2, which fixes the issue.","status":"published","published":"2025-03-25T12:30:29Z","modified":"2025-07-14T18:30:35Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","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/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:M/U:X","level":"high"},{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:03:01.086006Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-53679","description":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Apache VCL in the User Lookup form. 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