# CVE-2024-0640: Stored XSS in chatwoot/chatwoot

> An admin user can inject malicious JavaScript via dashboard app settings, leading to code execution or account takeover when another admin accesses the app.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.6 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 20 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8gfh-hxjj-c33j

## What is CVE-2024-0640?

CVE-2024-0640 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in chatwoot/chatwoot, published on 20 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in chatwoot/chatwoot versions 3.0.0 to 3.5.1. This vulnerability allows an admin user to inject malicious JavaScript code via the dashboard app settings, which can then be executed by another admin user when they access the affected dashboard app. The issue is fixed in version 3.5.2.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0640?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Chatwoot Chatwoot.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0640?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0640 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0640 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0640 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in chatwoot/chatwoot

- [CVE-2022-3741](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3741/): Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in chatwoot/chatwoot (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2025-21628](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21628/): Chatwoot has a Blind SQL-injection in Conversation and Contacts filters (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2022-0542](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0542/): Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - DOM in chatwoot/chatwoot (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-1022](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1022/): Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in chatwoot/chatwoot (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2021-3742](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3742/): Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in chatwoot/chatwoot (high 7.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0640 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0640 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in chatwoot/chatwoot, published on 20 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0640 exists.

Affected product: chatwoot/chatwoot. 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-2024-0640/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0640/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0640
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0640
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0640

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0640/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.