Medium severity · published Sep 2, 2024
CVE-2024-43792
Halo's editor has a stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability
6.1
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Halo is an open source website building tool. A security vulnerability has been identified in versions prior to 2.17.0 of the Halo project. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute malicious scripts in the user's browser through specific HTML and JavaScript code, potentially leading to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack. Users are advised to upgrade to version 2.17.0+. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HA
halo · halo-dev
< 2.17.0 · source: vendor, NVD, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43792
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43792
Exploit
https://github.com/halo-dev/halo/security/advisories/GHSA-x3rj-3x75-vw4g
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