CVE-2024-45515

An issue was discovered in Zimbra Collaboration (ZCS) through 10.1. A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Zimbra webmail due to insufficient validation of the content type metadata when importing files into the briefcase. Attackers can exploit this issue by crafting a file with manipulated metadata, allowing them to bypass content type checks and execute arbitrary JavaScript within the victim's session.

Published: 2025-07-30 Last update: 2025-08-07 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-45515 is rated Moderate Risk (40.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.24%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-45515

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-26 0.09% 0.24% +0.15%
2 2025-11-21 0.04% 0.09% +0.05%
3 2025-11-18 0.04%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-45515

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 2.7 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-45515

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-45515

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
zimbra collaboration <= 10.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:zimbra:collaboration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-45515

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