GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-7pq5-qcp6-mcww CKAN has an XSS vector in user uploaded images in group/org and user profiles
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2025-24372
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- ckan
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
- Reviewed
- 2025-02-05
Affected packages
• PyPI ckan: < 2.10.7 → fixed in 2.10.7
• PyPI ckan: >= 2.11.0, < 2.11.2 → fixed in 2.11.2
Description
Impact
Using a specially crafted file, a user could potentially upload a file containing code that when executed could send arbitrary requests to the server. If that file was opened by an administrator, it could lead to escalation of privileges of the original submitter or other malicious actions. Users must have been registered to the site to exploit this vulnerability.
Patches
This vulnerability has been fixed in CKAN 2.10.7 and 2.11.2
Workarounds
On versions prior to CKAN 2.10.7 and 2.11.2, site maintainers can restrict the file types supported for uploading using the ckan.upload.user.mimetypes / ckan.upload.user.types and ckan.upload.group.mimetypes / ckan.upload.group.types config options.
To entirely disable file uploads you can use:
```ini
ckan.upload.user.types = none
```
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2025-24372 CKAN is an open-source DMS (data management system) for powering data hubs and data portals. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://github.com/ckan/ckan/security/advisories/GHSA-7pq5-qcp6-mcww web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24372 advisory
- https://github.com/ckan/ckan/commit/7da6a26c6183e0a97a356d1b1d2407f3ecc7b9c8 web
- https://github.com/ckan/ckan/commit/a4fc5e06634ed51d653ab819a7efc8e62f816f68 web
- https://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/maintaining/configuration.html#ckan-upload-group-mimetypes web
- https://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/maintaining/configuration.html#ckan-upload-group-types web
- https://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/maintaining/configuration.html#ckan-upload-user-mimetypes web
- https://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/maintaining/configuration.html#ckan-upload-user-types web
- https://github.com/ckan/ckan package