Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This is a medium-severity cross-site scripting issue in Gazelle’s disabled-login page. An attacker could cause a victim’s browser to run attacker-controlled script if the victim interacts with a crafted request involving the username field. Business impact is mainly account, session, or user-data exposure within affected Gazelle deployments.
Executive priority
Treat as a moderate web-application risk. Prioritize if Gazelle is internet-facing, handles privileged user sessions, or is part of a trusted community portal. Do not escalate as actively exploited based on the supplied evidence.
Technical view
CVE-2024-44795 is CWE-79 in /login/disabled.php of Gazelle commit 63b3370. The CVE states the username parameter can carry crafted script or HTML. CVSS 3.1 is 6.1: network reachable, low complexity, no privileges, user interaction required, changed scope, low confidentiality and integrity impact, no availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure appears limited to organizations running Gazelle code at or near commit 63b3370 with the vulnerable disabled-login component reachable. The source bundle lists affected vendor, product, and versions as n/a, so precise product-version exposure is not established.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation. The vulnerability requires user interaction, which lowers urgency compared with unauthenticated server compromise but remains relevant for public-facing login flows.
Researcher notes
The record is specific about path, parameter, commit, CWE, and CVSS vector, but incomplete on affected versions and patch status. Avoid broad product claims unless confirmed from the repository or issue thread.
Mitigation direction
- Check the Gazelle repository and issue 129 for fix status.
- Inventory any Gazelle deployments or forks using commit 63b3370.
- Apply an upstream fix or update when project guidance identifies one.
- If maintaining a fork, encode or sanitize username output in disabled.php.
- Restrict public access to the affected path if exposure is unnecessary.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether /login/disabled.php exists in deployed Gazelle code.
- Compare deployed code lineage with Gazelle commit 63b3370.
- Review issue 129 for reproduction scope and remediation notes.
- Test in a controlled environment using non-destructive XSS validation.
- Review web logs for unusual username-field submissions.
Public sources used
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CWE-79: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.1 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N2.82.7CISA-ADPVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
6.1MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/WhatCD/GazelleCVE reference, mitre
- https://github.com/WhatCD/Gazelle/issues/129CVE reference, mitre
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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.