GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-cf72-vg59-4j4h Khoj Vulnerable to Stored Cross-site Scripting In Automate (Preview feature)

MEDIUM Published 2024-08-20 Modified 2024-08-21 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2024-43396
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
khoj
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-79
Reviewed
2024-08-20

Affected packages

• PyPI khoj: < 1.15.0 → fixed in 1.15.0

Description

Summary The Automation feature allows a user to insert arbitrary HTML inside the task instructions, resulting in a Stored XSS. Details The `q` parameter for the `/api/automation` endpoint does not get correctly sanitized when rendered on the page, resulting in the ability of users to inject arbitrary HTML/JS. PoC ``` POST /api/automation?q=%22%3E%3C%2Ftextarea%3E%3Cimg%20src%3Dx%20onerror%3Dalert(document.cookie)%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(2)%3C%2Fscript%3E ``` Impact Stored XSS: Fix • Added a Content Security Policy to all config pages on the web client, including the automation page • Used DOM scripting to construct all components on the config pages, including the automation page

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2024-43396 Khoj is an application that creates personal AI agents. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

References