CVE-2024-40347 — A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Hyland Alfresco Platform

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Hyland Alfresco Platform 23.2.1-r96 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of a user's browser via injecting a crafted payload into the parameter htmlid.

01What is this vulnerability?

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Hyland Alfresco Platform 23.2.1-r96 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of a user's browser via injecting a crafted payload into the parameter htmlid.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-18T14:15:38.612Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/4rdr/proofs/blob/main/info/Alfresco_Reflected_XSS_via_htmlid_…