# CVE-2024-25708: Persistent XSS when creating new application using Web App Builder

> Authenticated attackers can inject JavaScript via crafted links in ArcGIS Web App Builder, enabling code execution in victim browsers.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 4 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 10 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-43fc-v55w-5mx4

## What is CVE-2024-25708?

CVE-2024-25708 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Esri ArcGIS Enterprise Web App Builder, published on 4 Apr 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

There is a stored Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Esri Portal for ArcGIS Enterprise Web App Builder versions 10.9.1 and below that may allow a remote, authenticated attacker to create a crafted link which when clicked could potentially execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the victim’s browser.  The privileges required to execute this attack are high.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25708?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Esri Arcgis Enterprise.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-25708?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-25708 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-25708 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25708 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Esri ArcGIS Enterprise Web App Builder

- [CVE-2024-25699](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25699/): Portal for ArcGIS has an invalid authentication vulnerability (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2021-3012](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3012/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2019-16193](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16193/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2021-29115](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29115/): An information disclosure vulnerability (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-25708 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-25708 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Esri ArcGIS Enterprise Web App Builder, published on 4 Apr 2024. 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-2024-25708 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Esri ArcGIS Enterprise Web App Builder. 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-2024-25708/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25708/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25708
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25708
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-25708

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25708/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.