CVE-2024-52299

Q: How do I fix CVE-2024-52299?

Upgrade pdf viewer macro to 2.5.6 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2024-52299 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2024-52299 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.52% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 41% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2024-52299?

CVE-2024-52299 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2024-52299 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for pdf viewer macro (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

macro-pdfviewer is a PDF Viewer Macro for XWiki using Mozilla pdf.js. Any user with view right on XWiki.PDFViewerService can access any attachment stored in the wiki as the "key" that is passed to prevent this is computed incorrectly, calling skip on the digest stream doesn't update the digest. This is fixed in 2.5.6.

CWE-340

How to fix

Remediation Available

pdf viewer macroNVD

Affected:< 2.5.6Fixed in:2.5.6CVE-2024-52299derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.52%probability of exploitation in 30 days

41stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 41% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

github.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-340 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2026-11374	Critical	9.0	2.0%	-	-
CVE-2024-47945	Critical	9.8	0.9%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-28957	Medium	5.3	0.8%	-	-
CVE-2020-1905	Low	3.3	0.6%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-40931	Critical	9.1	0.6%	-	-
CVE-2026-3256	Critical	9.8	0.5%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2024-52299?

Upgrade pdf viewer macro to 2.5.6 or later.

Is CVE-2024-52299 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2024-52299 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.52% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 41% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2024-52299?

CVE-2024-52299 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2024-52299 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for pdf viewer macro (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-18.