What is CVE-2024-43396?

CVE-2024-43396 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Khoj, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-08-20.

How severe is CVE-2024-43396?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Khoj

CVE-2024-43396

Khoj is an application that creates personal AI agents. The Automation feature allows a user to insert arbitrary HTML inside the task instructions, resulting in a Stored XSS. The q parameter for the /api/automation endpoint does not get co…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (40.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Khoj
Khoj-ai Khoj — versions < 1.15.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-43396?: CVE-2024-43396 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Khoj, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-08-20.
How severe is CVE-2024-43396?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.