{"id":"CVE-2024-53679","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.\n\n\n\nThis issue affects all versions of Apache VCL through 2.5.1.\n\n\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 2.5.2, which fixes the issue.","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:34.382456997Z","published":"2025-03-25T09:33:44.443Z","database_specific":{"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"}],"cna_assigner":"apache","cwe_ids":["CWE-79"]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/24/2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/53xxx/CVE-2024-53679.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/bq5vs0hndt9cz9b6rpfr5on1nd4qrmyr"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53679"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/apache/vcl","events":[{"introduced":"25e33275887652a683e917a2969cb8410c589d53"},{"fixed":"6ad4da6ab9caa9b102aa1d59db2d65f3edbdc6b5"}],"database_specific":{"source":"CPE_RANGE","cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:apache:vcl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"2.1"},{"fixed":"2.5.2"}]}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-53679.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"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"}]}