What is CVE-2024-8029?

CVE-2024-8029 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imartinez Imartinez/privategpt, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-03-20.

How severe is CVE-2024-8029?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-8029 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Imartinez Imartinez/privategpt

CVE-2024-8029

An XSS vulnerability was discovered in the upload file(s) process of imartinez/privategpt v0.5.0. Attackers can upload malicious SVG files, which execute JavaScript when victims click on the file link. This can lead to user data theft, session hijacking, malware distribution, and phishing attacks.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (25.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Imartinez Imartinez/privategpt — versions unspecified
Pribai Privategpt — versions 0.5.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

web-hacker-team/web-hacker-team

References

security@huntr.dev (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8029?: CVE-2024-8029 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imartinez Imartinez/privategpt, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2024-8029?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-8029 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.