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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-11831

🗓️ 10 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Unpatched Linux CVE-2024-11831 in npm-serialize-javascript; unsafe deserialization enables XSS.

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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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  - A flaw was found in npm-serialize-javascript. The vulnerability occurs because the serialize-javascript
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    an attacker to inject malicious code. This code could be executed when deserialized by a web browser,
    causing Cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This issue is critical in environments where serialized data
    is sent to web clients, potentially compromising the security of the website or web application using this
    package. (CVE-2024-11831)

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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
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    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "22.04",
        "pkgs": [
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    ]
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  "Ubuntu Linux-24.04": {
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      {
        "release": "24.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "node-serialize-javascript"}
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      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-25.04": {
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        "release": "25.04",
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  },
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        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "node-serialize-javascript"}
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        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "node-serialize-javascript"}
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          {"reference": "grafana-opentsdb"},
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          {"reference": "grafana-stackdriver"},
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  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
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      {
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};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_NOTE,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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