Browser code execution via crafted PDF upload
Published May 24, 2024 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Stored cross-site scripting in Box IM 2.0 allows remote attackers to execute browser code when a user opens a crafted PDF upload. The public record identifies the Upload function and crafted PDF input but does not disclose the exact validation or response-handling failure. Execution requires user interaction, after which the script runs in the affected web origin and can act with the user's session.
Summary
What happened
Stored cross-site scripting in Box IM 2.0 allows remote attackers to execute browser code when a user opens a crafted PDF upload. The public record identifies the Upload function and crafted PDF input but does not disclose the exact validation or response-handling failure. Execution requires user interaction, after which the script runs in the affected web origin and can act with the user's session.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-35592
- Published
- May 24, 2024
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- bluexsx
- Product
- Box IM
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 24, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=2.0
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- BOX-IM cross-site scripting proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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