What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-54160?

CVE-2024-54160 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.4 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 4.6%.

Which versions of OpenSearch are affected by CVE-2024-54160?

Organizations using OpenSearch should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2024-54160, a cross-site scripting vulnerability rated CVSS 6.4.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2024-54160?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems running OpenSearch and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Verify Content-Security-Policy and output encoding.

OpenSearch CVE-2024-54160

MEDIUM

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

2025-02-12 cve@mitre.org

XSS

6.4

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

6.4 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 18:26 vuln.today

CVE Published

Feb 12, 2025 - 15:15 nvd

MEDIUM 6.4

DescriptionCVE.org

dashboards-reporting (aka Dashboards Reports) before 2.19.0.0, as shipped in OpenSearch before 2.19, allows XSS because Markdown is not sanitized when previewing a header or footer.

AnalysisAI

dashboards-reporting (aka Dashboards Reports) before 2.19.0.0, as shipped in OpenSearch before 2.19, allows XSS because Markdown is not sanitized when previewing a header or footer. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. dashboards-reporting (aka Dashboards Reports) before 2.19.0.0, as shipped in OpenSearch before 2.19, allows XSS because Markdown is not sanitized when previewing a header or footer. Version information: before 2.19.0.0.

Affected ProductsAI

See vendor advisory for affected versions.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.