What is CVE-2024-8770?

CVE-2024-8770 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Github Enterprise Server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-09-23.

How severe is CVE-2024-8770?

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

XSS in Github Enterprise Server

CVE-2024-8770

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was identified in the repository transfer feature of GitHub Enterprise Server, which allows attackers to steal sensitive user information via social engineering. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server and was fixed in version 3.10.17, 3.11.15, 3.12.9, 3.13.4, and 3.14.1. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (27.7th 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

Github Enterprise_server — versions 3.14.0
Github Enterprise Server — versions 3.14, 3.13.0, 3.12.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

product-cna@github.com (Release Notes)
product-cna@github.com (Release Notes)
product-cna@github.com (Release Notes)
product-cna@github.com (Release Notes)
product-cna@github.com (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8770?: CVE-2024-8770 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Github Enterprise Server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2024-8770?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.