# CVE-2024-31972: EnGenius ESR580 A8J-EMR5000 devices allow a remote attacker to conduct stored XSS attacks that could lead to arbitrary JavaScript code execu

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-30 · Updated: 2024-10-31

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

EnGenius ESR580 A8J-EMR5000 devices allow a remote attacker to conduct stored XSS attacks that could lead to arbitrary JavaScript code execution (under the context of the user's session) via the Wi-Fi SSID input fields. Web scripts embedded into the vulnerable fields this way are executed immediately when a user logs into the admin page. This affects /admin/wifi/wlan1 and /admin/wifi/wlan_guest.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/actuator/cve/blob/main/Engenius/CVE-2024-31972

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