Vulnerability · Published Sep 20, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2024-42346Stored Cross Site Scripting (Stored XSS) in Galaxy

High 7.6

In plain English

A high-severity cross-site scripting in galaxy from galaxyproject. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.6High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 44.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

Galaxy is a free, open-source system for analyzing data, authoring workflows, training and education, publishing tools, managing infrastructure, and more. The editor visualization, /visualizations endpoint, can be used to store HTML tags and trigger javascript execution upon edit operation. All supported branches of Galaxy (and more back to release_20.05) were amended with the supplied patches. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
PyPI	galaxy-auth	24.1.1	PYSEC-2024-272
PyPI	galaxy-data	24.1.1	PYSEC-2024-273

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
galaxyproject	galaxy	< 24.1.1

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

References

https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy/security/advisories/GHSA-x6w7-3gwf-qr9r x_refsource_CONFIRM