Universal cross-site scripting in Microsoft products - CVE-2024-43573
Published: October 8, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU98154
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-43573
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.
Affected software
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Microsoft Windows
Windows Server
Microsoft Windows
Windows Server
How to mitigate CVE-2024-43573
Install updates from vendor's website.
Microsoft Windows - addressed in versions 10 21H2 10.0.19044.5011, 10 22H2 10.0.19045.5011, 10 1507 10.0.10240.20796, 10 1607 10.0.14393.7428, 11 21H2 10.0.22000.3260, 11 22H2 10.0.22621.4317, 11 23H2 10.0.22631.4317, 11 24H2 10.0.26100.2033
Windows Server - addressed in versions 2012 R2 6.3.9600.22221, 2016 10.0.14393.7428, 2019 10.0.17763.6414, 2022 23H2 10.0.25398.1189, 2022 10.0.20348.2762
Windows Server - addressed in versions 2012 R2 6.3.9600.22221, 2016 10.0.14393.7428, 2019 10.0.17763.6414, 2022 23H2 10.0.25398.1189, 2022 10.0.20348.2762