# CVE-2024-23659: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> An attacker can execute arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser by uploading a file with a malicious name in SPIP.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2024-23659, GHSA-7x4m-7295-wr3j, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-23659

## What is CVE-2024-23659?

CVE-2024-23659 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Spip Spip, published on 19 Jan 2024. 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

SPIP before 4.1.14 and 4.2.x before 4.2.8 allows XSS via the name of an uploaded file. This is related to javascript/bigup.js and javascript/bigup.utils.js.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23659?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Spip Spip.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-23659?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2024-23659 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23659 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- SPIP (CVE-2024-23659) script with native python3 dependencies (github_poc): https://github.com/amis13/SPIP-CVE-2024-23659-

## Other vulnerabilities in Spip Spip

- [CVE-2012-4331](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4331/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-5812](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5812/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-8517](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8517/): SPIP Bigup Multipart File Upload OS Command Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-24258](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24258/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-9736](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9736/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-23659 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-23659 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Spip Spip, published on 19 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23659 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Spip Spip. 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-2024-23659/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23659/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23659
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23659
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-23659

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23659/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.