What is CVE-2024-43782?

CVE-2024-43782 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openedx, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2024-08-23.

How severe is CVE-2024-43782?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Openedx

CVE-2024-43782

This openedx-translations repository contains translation files from Open edX repositories to be kept in sync with Transifex. Before moving to pulling translations from the openedx-translations repository via openedx-atlas, translations in the edx-platform repository were validated using edx-i18n-tools. This validation included protection against malformed translations and translations-based script injections. Prior to this patch, the validation implemented in the openedx-translations repository did not include the same protections. The maintainer inspected the translations in the edx-platform directory of both the main and open-release/redwood.master branches of the openedx-translations repository and found no evidence of exploited translation strings.

Published 2024-08-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (43.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 43.3% 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

Openedx — versions redwood1, redwood2
Openedx Openedx-Translations — versions < b2444340e8702c7955310331c1db5fd85b25b92b

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-74 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection)

References

github.com/openedx/openedx-translations/security/advisories/GHSA-fg8c-2pvj-wx3j (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/openedx/openedx-translations/commit/3c4093705dec99590577c4d8270ce263… (Patch)
github.com/openedx/openedx-translations/commit/b2444340e8702c7955310331c1db5fd8… (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-43782?: CVE-2024-43782 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openedx, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2024-08-23.
How severe is CVE-2024-43782?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.