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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.8

CVE-2024-37160 json

Formwork has a Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Description metadata

published 2024-06-07 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-5pxr-7m4j-jjc6 , EUVD-2024-1933

cvss
4.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Formwork is a flat file-based Content Management System (CMS). An attackers (requires administrator privilege) to execute arbitrary web scripts by modifying site options via /panel/options/site. This type of attack is suitable for persistence, affecting visitors across all pages (except the dashboard). This vulnerability is fixed in 1.13.1.

Patch / fix

  • packagist getformwork/formwork 1.13.1, 2.0.0-beta.2
  • getformwork formwork 1.13.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/security/advisories/GHSA-5pxr-7m4j-jjc6 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist getformwork/formwork
<1.13.1
>=2.0.0-beta.1, <2.0.0-beta.2
1.13.1
2.0.0-beta.2

Affected products

  • getformwork formwork

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

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.