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)

Published 2024-11-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (16.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 16th percentile — 16.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Autolab — versions = 3.0.1
Autolabproject Autolab — versions 3.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/autolab/Autolab/security/advisories/GHSA-8qhp-jhhw-45r2 (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/autolab/Autolab/commit/2429983b6caa245fea1b37f0dc236ccbcad9554c (Patch)

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.