CVE-2024-6361

Code execution via stored cross-site scripting

Published Aug 5, 2024 · Updated Nov 1, 2024

Stored cross-site scripting in OpenText ALM Octane before 23.4 allows local users to execute code through crafted web content. OpenText has not disclosed the affected component, input field, or operation that stores and renders the unneutralized content. Exploitation requires low privileges, high complexity, and additional attack conditions; the reported consequence is code execution.

CVSS severity7.3
High
EPSS probability0.24%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Stored cross-site scripting in OpenText ALM Octane before 23.4 allows local users to execute code through crafted web content. OpenText has not disclosed the affected component, input field, or operation that stores and renders the unneutralized content. Exploitation requires low privileges, high complexity, and additional attack conditions; the reported consequence is code execution.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-6361
Published
Aug 5, 2024
Updated
Nov 1, 2024
Vendor
OpenText
Product
ALM Octane
Classifications
CWE-79, CAPEC-592, T1059.007
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Aug 5, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 1, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <23.4

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

OpenText · ALM Octaneversion=0 <23.4

Published CVSS scores

5.4NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
7.3OpenTextCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:N/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Red

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CAPEC-592Stored XSS
T1059.007JavaScript/JScript

Public exploit references

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