What is CVE-2024-42346?

CVE-2024-42346 is a high-severity vulnerability in Galaxyproject Galaxy, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.6/10. Published 2024-09-20.

How severe is CVE-2024-42346?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.6 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-42346 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Galaxyproject Galaxy

CVE-2024-42346

Galaxy is a free, open-source system for analyzing data, authoring workflows, training and education, publishing tools, managing infrastructure, and more. The editor visualization, /visualizations endpoint, can be used to store HTML tags and trigger javascript execution upon edit operation. All supported branches of Galaxy (and more back to release_20.05) were amended with the supplied patches. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Galaxyproject Galaxy — versions < 24.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42346?: CVE-2024-42346 is a high-severity vulnerability in Galaxyproject Galaxy, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.6/10. Published 2024-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2024-42346?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-42346 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.