Vulnerability · Published Mar 28, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2024-39311Publify Vulnerable To Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Via Redirects Requiring User Interaction
Low 1.8
In plain English
A low-severity cross-site scripting in publify from publify. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
Publify is a self hosted Web publishing platform on Rails. Prior to version 10.0.1 of Publify, corresponding to versions prior to 10.0.2 of the `publify_core` rubygem, publisher on a `publify` application is able to perform a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack on an administrator using the redirect functionality. The exploitation of this XSS vulnerability requires the administrator to click a malicious link. An attack could attempt to hide their payload by using HTML, or other encodings, as to not make it obvious to an administrator that this is a malicious link. A publisher may attempt to use this vulnerability to escalate their privileges and become an administrator. Version 10.0.1 of Publify and version 10.0.2 of the `publify_core` rubygem fix the issue.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | publify_core | 10.0.2 | GHSA-8fm5-gg2f-f66q |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P
References
- https://github.com/publify/publify/security/advisories/GHSA-8fm5-gg2f-f66q x_refsource_CONFIRM