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medium 6.5

CVE-2024-34699 json

GZ::CTF allows unprivileged user can perform XSS attacks by constructing malicious team names.

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-34995

cvss
6.5
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 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

GZ::CTF is a capture the flag platform. Prior to 0.20.1, unprivileged user can perform cross-site scripting attacks on other users by constructing malicious team names. This problem has been fixed in `v0.20.1`.

Patch / fix

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • GZTimeWalker GZCTF

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

Sources

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