CVE-2024-56472
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIBM Aspera Shares 1.9.0 through 1.10.0 PL6 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows authenticated users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceIBM Aspera Shares versions 1.9.0 through 1.10.0 PL6 contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in its Web UI. Authenticated users can embed malicious JavaScript code that gets persistently stored and executed in the browsers of other users, potentially allowing credential disclosure through session hijacking within trusted sessions.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data>= 1.9.0, < 1.10.0= 1.10.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm IBM Aspera Shares installationLocate the Aspera Shares installation directory or identify the running process (common paths include /opt/aspera/shares or checking for 'shares' processes via 'ps aux | grep -i shares').Affected if The product is installed and running.
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Identify installed versionCheck the version of Aspera Shares by inspecting version files in the installation directory, the admin console about page, or by running 'sharesctl --version' or similar version command if available.Affected if The installed version falls within >= 1.9.0 and < 1.10.0, or exactly equals 1.10.0.
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Verify Web UI is accessibleConfirm the Aspera Shares web interface is enabled and reachable by attempting to access the login page (typically on ports 443, 8443, or configured HTTP/HTTPS ports).Affected if The Web UI is accessible and exposed.
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Check for existing user accountsReview the user directory or authentication configuration to determine if any user accounts are created and active in the system.Affected if User accounts exist and authentication is enabled.
If Aspera Shares is installed with a version between 1.9.0 and 1.10.0 (inclusive) and the Web UI is accessible with active user accounts, the environment is potentially affected by this stored XSS vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data1.10.0
Implement proper input validation and output encoding/sanitization for all user-supplied content rendered in the Web UI. Consider adding Content Security Policy (CSP) headers as an additional defense-in-depth measure.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-56472 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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