# CVE-2024-10385: Stored XSS in DirectAdmin Evo Skin

> A low-privileged user can inject malicious JavaScript into the ticket system, leading to code execution and privilege escalation when an admin views the ticket.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:N/SA: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:** 20 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 20 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5vp4-pvmw-cjmm

## What is CVE-2024-10385?

CVE-2024-10385 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in DirectAdmin Evolution Skin, published on 20 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Ticket management system in DirectAdmin Evolution Skin is vulnerable to XSS (Cross-site Scripting), which allows a low-privileged user to inject and store malicious JavaScript code.
If an admin views the ticket, the script might perform actions with their privileges, including command execution. 
This issue has been fixed in version 1.668 of DirectAdmin Evolution Skin.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10385?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-10385?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10385 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-10385 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10385 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-10385 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-10385 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in DirectAdmin Evolution Skin, published on 20 Dec 2024. 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-2024-10385 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: DirectAdmin Evolution Skin. 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-2024-10385/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10385/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10385
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10385
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-10385

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10385/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.