What is CVE-2024-52585?

CVE-2024-52585 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Autolab, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-11-18.

How severe is CVE-2024-52585?

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

XSS in Autolab

CVE-2024-52585

Autolab is a course management service that enables auto-graded programming assignments. There is an HTML injection vulnerability in version 3.0.1 that can affect instructors and CAs on the grade submissions page. The issue is patched in version 3.0.2. One may apply the patch manually by editing line 589 on `gradesheet.js.erb` to take in feedback as text rather than html.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (17.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Autolab — versions = 3.0.1
Autolabproject Autolab — versions 3.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-52585?: CVE-2024-52585 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Autolab, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-11-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-52585?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.