CVE-2024-53679

MediumCVSS 5.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Apache VCL in the User Lookup form. A user with sufficient rights to be able to view this part of the site can craft a URL or be tricked in to clicking a URL that will give a specified user elevated rights.

This issue affects all versions of Apache VCL through 2.5.1.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.5.2, which fixes the issue.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache VCL	>= 2.1, <= 2.5.1

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/bq5vs0hndt9cz9b6rpfr5on1nd4qrmyrIssue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/24/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 25, 2025
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Analyzed

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