CVE-2024-41447

MEDIUM

Alkacon OpenCMS 17.0 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Author Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2024-41447. PoCs published by Siddhartha Naik.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a stored XSS vulnerability in OpenCMS 17.0, where malicious JavaScript can be injected into the author field of an article. The exploit triggers when a user clicks the 'Read More' button, executing the script in their browser.

Description

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Alkacon OpenCMS v17.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the author parameter under the Create/Modify article function.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Siddhartha Naik · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52209

This is a writeup describing a stored XSS vulnerability in OpenCMS 17.0, where malicious JavaScript can be injected into the author field of an article. The exploit triggers when a user clicks the 'Read More' button, executing the script in their browser.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: OpenCMS 17.0
Auth required
Prerequisites: Ability to create/modify articles in OpenCMS
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52209

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 40.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (2)
alkacon/opencms 17.0.0
org.opencms/opencms-core 0Maven
Published Apr 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026