CVE-2024-41447: Alkacon OpenCMS stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

April 18, 2025 (updated April 21, 2025)

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.

References

github.com/Sidd545-cr/CVE/blob/main/CVE-2024-41447%20-%20Stored%20XSS%20in%20author%20field.pdf
github.com/advisories/GHSA-vq95-6x79-qv8j
github.com/alkacon/opencms-core
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41447
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52209

Code Behaviors & Features

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