What is CVE-2024-27290?

CVE-2024-27290 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jhpyle Docassemble, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-03-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-27290?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Jhpyle Docassemble

CVE-2024-27290

Docassemble is an expert system for guided interviews and document assembly. Prior to 1.4.97, a user could type HTML into a field, including the field for the user's name, and then that HTML could be displayed on the screen as HTML. The vulnerability has been patched in version 1.4.97 of the master branch.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2024-03-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (35.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 35.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jhpyle Docassemble — versions < 1.4.97

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/jhpyle/docassemble/security/advisories/GHSA-pcfx-g2j2-f6f6 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/jhpyle/docassemble/commit/4801ac7ff7c90df00ac09523077930cdb6dea2aa (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-27290?: CVE-2024-27290 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jhpyle Docassemble, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-03-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-27290?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.