XSS Cross-site Scripting Stored (XSS) - Description field

published 2024-04-11 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-2rc5-2755-v422 , EUVD-2024-1069

cvss: 7.6; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
public exploits: 0; none known

Prior to the patched version, there is an XSS vulnerability in the description fields within the Mautic application which could be exploited by a logged in user of Mautic with the appropriate permissions.

This could lead to the user having elevated access to the system.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 links 1

packagist mautic/core 4.4.12
acquia mautic 4.4.12

github.com/mautic/mautic@2d64839 commit

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-09-17)

Exploit prediction

0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
NVD	3.1	9.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub	3.1	7.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
packagist	mautic/core	>=1.0.0-beta2, <4.4.12	4.4.12

Affected products

Mautic Mautic

Classification

Weakness

CWE-80 Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

github.com /mautic/mautic/commit/2d648394e183b1d2d910cea32e89d40a5915b5d4
web
github.com /mautic/mautic/security/advisories/GHSA-2rc5-2755-v422
web, vendor-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27915
advisory
github.com /mautic/mautic
package

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary