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CVE-2024-40101

HIGH

CVE-2024-40101 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.2) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in microweber/microweber. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2024-40101 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

Microweber Reflected Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Also known asGHSA-m99v-mmg2-66vf
Published
Aug 6, 2024
Updated
Aug 4, 2026
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed

Blast Radius

1 pkg affected
🐘microweber/microweber

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Description

A Reflected Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in '/search' in microweber 2.0.15 and earlier allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the 'keywords' parameter.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐘Packagistmicroweber/microweberall versions2.0.16

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for microweber/microweber. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    Update microweber/microweber to 2.0.16 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-40101 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2024-40101 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to CVE-2024-40101. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

A Reflected Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in '/search' in microweber 2.0.15 and earlier allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the 'keywords' parameter.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is CVE-2024-40101 in your dependencies?

O3 detects CVE-2024-40101 across Packagist dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.