# CVE-2024-23188: Cross-site scripting in OX App Suite

> Attackers can execute script code in user browser sessions via malicious email attachment names, potentially extracting account information or performing API requests.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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:** 6 May 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c7gh-gc4c-px6v

## What is CVE-2024-23188?

CVE-2024-23188 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Open-Xchange GmbH OX App Suite, published on 6 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Maliciously crafted E-Mail attachment names could be used to temporarily execute script code in the context of the users browser session. Common user interaction is required for the vulnerability to trigger. Attackers could perform malicious API requests or extract information from the users account. Please deploy the provided updates and patch releases. We now use safer methods of handling external content when embedding attachment information to the web interface. No publicly available exploits are known.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23188?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-23188?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-23188 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-23188 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23188 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-23188 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-23188 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Open-Xchange GmbH OX App Suite, published on 6 May 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-2024-23188 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Open-Xchange GmbH OX App Suite. 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-2024-23188/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23188/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23188
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23188
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-23188

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23188/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.