CVE-2024-6526Network attack vector

Script execution via unencoded template values

Published Jul 5, 2024 · Updated Aug 1, 2024

Cross-site scripting in Ecommerce-CodeIgniter-Bootstrap before 1b3da45308bb6c3f55247d0e99620b600bd85277 allows attackers to run browser script. The products.php search field and category, subcategory, and vendor templates render request or stored values into HTML without htmlspecialchars encoding. Administrative or vendor access is required to inject the affected values, and another user must load the resulting page.

CVSS severity6.1
Medium
EPSS probability0.52%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Cross-site scripting in Ecommerce-CodeIgniter-Bootstrap before 1b3da45308bb6c3f55247d0e99620b600bd85277 allows attackers to run browser script. The products.php search field and category, subcategory, and vendor templates render request or stored values into HTML without htmlspecialchars encoding. Administrative or vendor access is required to inject the affected values, and another user must load the resulting page.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-6526
Published
Jul 5, 2024
Updated
Aug 1, 2024
Vendor
CodeIgniter Foundation
Product
CodeIgniter
Classifications
CWE-79, T1189
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

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

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <1b3da45

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

CodeIgniter Foundation · CodeIgniterversion=0 <1b3da45
Kiril Kirkov · Ecommerce-CodeIgniter-Bootstrapversion=1998845073cf433bc6c250b0354461fbd84d0e03

Published CVSS scores

3.5VulDBCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
4.0VulDBAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
6.1NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
5.3VulDBCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
T1189Drive-by Compromise

Public exploit references

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