# CVE-2024-11626: Cross-site scripting in Sitefinity

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts into the Sitefinity CMS administrative interface, potentially compromising admin accounts and executing code.

- **Severity:** High 8.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 7 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pfq2-75vc-mj87

## What is CVE-2024-11626?

CVE-2024-11626 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Progress Software Corporation Sitefinity, published on 7 Jan 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During CMS Backend (adminstrative section) Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Progress Sitefinity.This issue affects Sitefinity: from 4.0 through 14.4.8142, from 15.0.8200 through 15.0.8229, from 15.1.8300 through 15.1.8327, from 15.2.8400 through 15.2.8421.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11626?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Progress Sitefinity.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-11626?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11626 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-11626 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11626 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Progress Software Corporation Sitefinity

- [CVE-2017-9248](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9248/): Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX and Sitefinity Cryptographic Weakness (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-7312](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-7312/): CWE‑522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials in web services in Progress Sitefinity (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-7198](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-7198/): CWE-284: Improper Access Control in web services in Progress Sitefinity (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-29375](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29375/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-17392](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17392/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-11626 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-11626 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Progress Software Corporation Sitefinity, published on 7 Jan 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11626 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Progress Software Corporation Sitefinity. 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-2024-11626/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11626/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11626
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11626
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11626

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11626/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.