CVE-2024-40492 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Heartbeat Chat v.15.2.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the setname function.

Published: 2024-07-17

Score: 7.1 High

EPSS: 7.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:heartbeat:heartbeat:15.2.1::::-:android::*
	cpe:2.3:a:heartbeat:heartbeat:15.2.1::::-:iphone_os::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.07683.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/minendie/POC_CVE-2024-40492

History

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Heartbeat heartbeat
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:heartbeat:heartbeat:15.2.1::::-:android::* cpe:2.3:a:heartbeat:heartbeat:15.2.1::::-:iphone_os::*
Vendors & Products		Heartbeat heartbeat

Subscriptions

Heartbeat Heartbeat Heartbeat Chat

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-07-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:33:11.656Z

Reserved: 2024-07-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-40492

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-07-18T14:04:21.766Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-17T22:15:03.923

Modified: 2026-06-17T07:45:58.370

Link: CVE-2024-40492

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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