# CVE-2024-1146: Cross-site Scripting at Alma Devklan Blog

> An attacker can inject malicious JavaScript via Community Description or Rules fields in Alma Blog, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fv3m-jf9j-44vh

## What is CVE-2024-1146?

CVE-2024-1146 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Devklan Alma Blog, published on 19 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Devklan's Alma Blog that affects versions 2.1.10 and earlier. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to store a malicious JavaScript payload within the application by adding the payload to 'Community Description' or 'Community Rules'.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1146?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Alma Alma Blog.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1146?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1146 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1146 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1146 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Devklan Alma Blog

- [CVE-2024-1144](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1144/): Improper Access Control at Alma Devklan Blog (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-1145](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1145/): Observable Response Discrepancy at Alma Devklan Blog (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1146 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1146 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Devklan Alma Blog, published on 19 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1146 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Devklan Alma Blog. 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-2024-1146/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1146/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1146
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1146
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1146

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1146/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.