What is CVE-2024-4216?

CVE-2024-4216 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pgadmin 4, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2024-05-02.

How severe is CVE-2024-4216?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.

XSS in Pgadmin 4

CVE-2024-4216

pgAdmin <= 8.5 is affected by XSS vulnerability in /settings/store API response json payload. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute malicious script at the client end.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2024-05-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (37.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007 (issue-tracking, Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-4216?: CVE-2024-4216 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pgadmin 4, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2024-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2024-4216?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.