CVE-2024-53679

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Source

https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53679

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-53679.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-53679

Published

2025-03-25T09:33:44.443Z

Modified

2026-07-15T01:49:06.310395893Z

Severity

8.4 (High) CVSS_V4 - 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 CVSS Calculator

Summary

Apache VCL: XSS vulnerability in User Lookup impacting user privileges

Details

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.

This issue affects all versions of Apache VCL through 2.5.1.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.5.2, which fixes the issue.

Database specific

{
    "cna_assigner": "apache",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/53xxx/CVE-2024-53679.json",
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "2.1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.5.1"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "fixed": "2.5.1"
                }
            ],
            "source": "DESCRIPTION"
        }
    ],
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-79"
    ]
}

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/apache/vcl

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

https://github.com/apache/vcl

Events

Introduced

25e33275887652a683e917a2969cb8410c589d53

Fixed

6ad4da6ab9caa9b102aa1d59db2d65f3edbdc6b5

Database specific

{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:vcl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2.1"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "2.5.2"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-53679.json"