# CVE-2024-25122: Cross-site Scripting sidekiq-unique-jobs UI server vulnerability

> Attackers can execute malicious scripts via crafted links in the sidekiq-unique-jobs admin UI, potentially stealing session data and cookies from authorized users.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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:** Yes
- **Published:** 13 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024

## What is CVE-2024-25122?

CVE-2024-25122 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in mhenrixon sidekiq-unique-jobs, published on 13 Feb 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

sidekiq-unique-jobs is an open source project which prevents simultaneous Sidekiq jobs with the same unique arguments to run. Specially crafted GET request parameters handled by any of the following endpoints of sidekiq-unique-jobs' "admin" web UI, allow a super-user attacker, or an unwitting, but authorized, victim, who has received a disguised / crafted link, to successfully execute malicious code, which could potentially steal cookies, session data, or local storage data from the app the sidekiq-unique-jobs web UI is mounted in. 1. `/changelogs`, 2. `/locks` or 3. `/expiring_locks`. This issue has been addressed in versions 7.1.33 and 8.0.7. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25122?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mhenrixon Sidekiq-Unique-Jobs.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-25122?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2024-25122 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25122 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-25122 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-25122 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in mhenrixon sidekiq-unique-jobs, published on 13 Feb 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-2024-25122 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: mhenrixon sidekiq-unique-jobs. 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-2024-25122/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25122/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25122
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25122
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-25122

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25122/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.