# CVE-2024-10956: Cross-Site WebSocket Hijacking in binary-husky/gpt_academic

> Attackers can hijack WebSocket connections to perform unauthorized actions like deleting conversation history due to missing origin validation.

- **Severity:** High 7.6 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6fwx-j832-vvw6

## What is CVE-2024-10956?

CVE-2024-10956 is a high-severity vulnerability in binary-husky/gpt_academic, published on 20 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

GPT Academy version 3.83 in the binary-husky/gpt_academic repository is vulnerable to Cross-Site WebSocket Hijacking (CSWSH). This vulnerability allows an attacker to hijack an existing WebSocket connection between the victim's browser and the server, enabling unauthorized actions such as deleting conversation history without the victim's consent. The issue arises due to insufficient WebSocket authentication and lack of origin validation.

Weakness: CWE-346 (Origin Validation Error)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10956?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Binary-Husky Gpt Academic.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-10956?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10956 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-10956 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-10956 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in binary-husky/gpt_academic

- [CVE-2026-0763](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-0763/): GPT Academic run_in_subprocess_wrapper_func Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-0764](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-0764/): GPT Academic upload Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-31224](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31224/): GPT Academic: Pickle deserializing cookies may pose RCE risk (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-10950](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10950/): Code Injection in binary-husky/gpt_academic (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-10954](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10954/): Prompt Injection Leading to RCE in binary-husky/gpt_academic Plugin `manim` (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-10956 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-10956 is a high-severity vulnerability in binary-husky/gpt_academic, published on 20 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, 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-2024-10956 exists.

Affected product: binary-husky/gpt_academic. 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-2024-10956/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10956/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10956
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10956
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-10956

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10956/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.