# CVE-2024-26148: Querybook's Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability allows Privilege Elevation

> Attackers can inject JavaScript via rich text editor URLs to execute code and escalate privileges to admin when victims click the link.

- **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:** No
- **Published:** 21 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 22 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fh6g-gvvp-587f

## What is CVE-2024-26148?

CVE-2024-26148 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in pinterest querybook, published on 21 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

Querybook is a user interface for querying big data. Prior to version 3.31.1, there is a vulnerability in Querybook's rich text editor that enables users to input arbitrary URLs without undergoing necessary validation. This particular security flaw allows the use of `javascript:` protocol which can potentially trigger arbitrary client-side execution. The most extreme exploit of this flaw could occur when an admin user unknowingly clicks on a cross-site scripting URL, thereby unintentionally compromising admin role access to the attacker. A patch to rectify this issue has been introduced in Querybook version `3.31.1`. The fix is backward compatible and automatically fixes existing DataDocs. There are no known workarounds for this issue, except for manually checking each URL prior to clicking on them.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26148?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pinterest Querybook.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-26148?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-26148 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-26148 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-26148 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in pinterest querybook

- [CVE-2022-46151](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46151/): Reflected XSS (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-27103](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27103/): Querybook Stored Cross-Site Scripting allows Privilege Elevation (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-28251](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28251/): Cross-site websocket hijacking in Querybook (medium 5.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26148 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-26148 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in pinterest querybook, published on 21 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: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-26148 exists.

Affected product: pinterest querybook. 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-2024-26148/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26148/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26148
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26148
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26148

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26148/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.