# CVE-2024-25973: Multiple Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

> Attackers with group or catalog creation rights can inject stored JavaScript into course and catalog names, executing code in victims' browsers.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 14 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2q9p-5gw5-gr76

## What is CVE-2024-25973?

CVE-2024-25973 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Frentix GmbH OpenOlat LMS, published on 20 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Frentix GmbH OpenOlat LMS is affected by multiple stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. An attacker with rights to create or edit groups can create a course with a name that contains an XSS payload. Furthermore, attackers with the permissions to create or rename a catalog (sub-category) can enter unfiltered input in the name field. In addition, attackers who are allowed to create curriculums can also enter unfiltered input in the name field. This allows an attacker to execute stored JavaScript code with the permissions of the victim in the context of the user's browser.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25973?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Frentix Openolat.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-25973?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-25973 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-25973 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25973 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Frentix GmbH OpenOlat LMS

- [CVE-2026-31946](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-31946/): OpenOLAT: Authentication bypass via forged JWT in OIDC implicit flow (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-28228](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-28228/): OpenOLAT: Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) in Velocity templates allows Remote Code Execution (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-39181](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39181/): Unsafe Deserialization of User Data Using XStream (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-41242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41242/): Path Traversal in some REST methods leading to file upload to arbitrary places (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2021-39180](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39180/): Path Traversal in Archive Handling Leading to Code Execution (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-25973 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-25973 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Frentix GmbH OpenOlat LMS, published on 20 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25973 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Frentix GmbH OpenOlat LMS. 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-2024-25973/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25973/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25973
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25973
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-25973

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25973/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.