# CVE-2024-25974: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) within the Media Center

> Authenticated users can upload malicious SVG files in the Media Center, leading to stored XSS attacks against other users including administrators.

- **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:** 13 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-frwq-jm7h-q2q2

## What is CVE-2024-25974?

CVE-2024-25974 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 stored a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. It is possible to upload files within the Media Center of OpenOlat version 18.1.5 (or lower) as an authenticated user without any other rights. Although the filetypes are limited, an SVG image containing an XSS payload can be uploaded. After a successful upload the file can be shared with groups of users (including admins) who can be attacked with the JavaScript payload.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25974?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Frentix Openolat.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-25974?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-25974 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-25974 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-25974 exists.

## 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-2024-25974 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-25974 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: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-25974 exists.

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-2024-25974/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25974/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25974
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25974
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-25974

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25974/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.