# CVE-2022-24855: XSS vulnerability in Metabase

> An XSS vulnerability in Metabase's internal endpoint allows attackers to execute scripts, potentially leading to phishing and account takeover.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Apr 2022
- **Updated:** 23 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wjw6-wm9w-7ggr

## What is CVE-2022-24855?

CVE-2022-24855 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in metabase, published on 14 Apr 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Metabase is an open source business intelligence and analytics application. In affected versions Metabase ships with an internal development endpoint `/_internal` that can allow for cross site scripting (XSS) attacks, potentially leading to phishing attempts with malicious links that could lead to account takeover. Users are advised to either upgrade immediately, or block access in your firewall to `/_internal` endpoints for Metabase. The following patches (or greater versions) are available: 0.42.4 and 1.42.4, 0.41.7 and 1.41.7, 0.40.8 and 1.40.8.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24855?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Metabase Metabase.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-24855?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-24855 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-24855 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24855 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in metabase

- [CVE-2026-72898](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72898/): Metabase SQL Injection (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-41277](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41277/): Metabase GeoJSON API Local File Inclusion (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-50148](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-50148/): Metabase: Remote Code Execution via Snowflake JDBC Driver Arbitrary File Write (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2023-37470](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37470/): Metabase vulnerable to remote code execution via POST /api/setup/validate API endpoint (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-59827](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-59827/): Metabase: Unsafe Deserialization of H2 Query Results (critical 9.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-24855 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-24855 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in metabase, published on 14 Apr 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24855 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: metabase. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24855/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24855/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24855
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24855
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-24855

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24855/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.