# CVE-2024-37160: Formwork has a Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Description metadata

> An administrator can inject persistent XSS via site options, allowing arbitrary script execution for visitors on all pages except the dashboard.

- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 7 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5pxr-7m4j-jjc6

## What is CVE-2024-37160?

CVE-2024-37160 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in getformwork formwork, published on 7 Jun 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Formwork is a flat file-based Content Management System (CMS). An attackers (requires administrator privilege) to execute arbitrary web scripts by modifying site options via /panel/options/site. This type of attack is suitable for persistence, affecting visitors across all pages (except the dashboard). This vulnerability is fixed in 1.13.1.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37160?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including getformwork/formwork. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `getformwork/formwork` | Packagist | All versions | 1.13.1 |
| `getformwork/formwork` | Packagist | All versions | 1.13.1 |
| `getformwork/formwork` | Packagist | From 2.0.0-beta.1 | 2.0.0-beta.2 |
| `getformwork/formwork` | Packagist | From 2.0.0-beta.1 | 2.0.0-beta.2 |

Products: Formwork Project Formwork.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-37160?

Upgrade getformwork/formwork to a fixed version for your release line: 1.13.1 or 2.0.0-beta.2.

## Is CVE-2024-37160 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37160 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in getformwork formwork

- [CVE-2026-27198](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-27198/): Formwork Improperly Manages Privileges During User Creation (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-65956](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65956/): Formwork CMS Has a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in Blog Tags (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-24230](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24230/): Formwork Cross-site Scripting (XSS) from Page title field (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-37160 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-37160 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in getformwork formwork, published on 7 Jun 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-2024-37160 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- getformwork/formwork (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 1.13.1
- getformwork/formwork (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 1.13.1
- getformwork/formwork (Packagist): affected from 2.0.0-beta.1; fixed in 2.0.0-beta.2
- getformwork/formwork (Packagist): affected from 2.0.0-beta.1; fixed in 2.0.0-beta.2

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-2024-37160/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37160/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37160
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37160
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37160

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37160/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.