Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This is a medium-severity cross-site scripting issue in Gazelle. A user with some privileges could place crafted content in the view parameter, and another user would need to interact with the affected page for script or HTML to run in their browser.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate web application risk. It is not currently evidenced as actively exploited, but it can affect administrator-facing workflows and browser trust. Prioritize systems exposed to many users or the internet.
Technical view
CVE-2024-44797 is CWE-79 XSS in Gazelle commit 63b3370, affecting /managers/enable_requests.php through the view parameter. The CVSS 3.1 score is 5.4 with network access, low complexity, low privileges, required user interaction, changed scope, and low confidentiality and integrity impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure appears limited to deployments of the referenced Gazelle code path where /managers/enable_requests.php is reachable to authenticated manager workflows. The CVE record lists affected vendor, product, and versions as n/a, so exact productized exposure is incomplete.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or any cited evidence of active exploitation. Exploitation requires a privileged attacker and user interaction, which lowers urgency compared with unauthenticated server compromise but still creates session, trust, and content-integrity risk.
Researcher notes
The public record identifies the vulnerable component and parameter but does not provide affected version ranges, CPEs, a named patch, or exploitation evidence. Validation should focus on code lineage and whether the parameter is reflected without safe encoding.
Mitigation direction
- Check the Gazelle repository and issue #130 for upstream fix or guidance.
- Restrict access to manager pages to trusted administrators.
- Review rendering of the view parameter for contextual output encoding.
- Monitor requests to /managers/enable_requests.php for unusual view values.
- Prioritize remediation on internet-accessible or multi-user deployments.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether deployed code includes Gazelle commit 63b3370 or equivalent logic.
- Inspect /managers/enable_requests.php handling of the view parameter.
- Verify manager routes require authentication and appropriate authorization.
- Review application logs for suspicious requests to the affected path.
- Confirm any upstream patch or local hardening is deployed.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.4 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N2.32.7CISA-ADPVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
5.4MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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/130CVE reference, mitre
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