# CVE-2024-28852: Ampache has multiple reflective XSS vulnerabilities

> Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in user browsers via reflective XSS in Ampache forms using the rule variable.

- **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:** 27 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g7hx-hm68-f639, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28852

## What is CVE-2024-28852?

CVE-2024-28852 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ampache, published on 27 Mar 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

Ampache is a web based audio/video streaming application and file manager. Ampache has multiple reflective XSS vulnerabilities,this means that all forms in the Ampache that use `rule` as a variable are not secure. For example, when querying a song, when querying a podcast, we need to use `$rule` variable. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.3.1

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-28852?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ampache Ampache.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-28852?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-28852 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-28852 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-28852 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in ampache

- [CVE-2023-0606](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0606/): Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in ampache/ampache (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2021-21399](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21399/): Unauthenticated SubSonic backend access in Ampache (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2019-12385](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12385/): SQL injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-18375](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-18375/): Deserialization in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-15153](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15153/): Unauthenticated SQL injection in Ampache (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-28852 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-28852 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ampache, published on 27 Mar 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-2024-28852 exists.

Affected product: ampache. 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-2024-28852/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28852/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-28852
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28852
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-28852

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28852/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.