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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-6485

medium Nessus Plugin ID 231067

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - A security vulnerability has been discovered in bootstrap that could enable Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The vulnerability is associated with the data-loading-text attribute within the button plugin.
 This vulnerability can be exploited by injecting malicious JavaScript code into the attribute, which would then be executed when the button's loading state is triggered. (CVE-2024-6485)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-6485

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 231067

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_6485.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/6/2025

Updated: 9/10/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6485

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6485

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librbd1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox-x11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox-x11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet5.0-build-reference-packages, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librbd1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet5.0-build-reference-packages, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librados2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librados-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librbd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libradospp-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-composer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librados2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librados-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libradospp-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librbd-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-composer

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6485