# CVE-2024-38379: Apache Allura: Stored authenticated XSS

> Stored XSS in Apache Allura allows neighborhood admins to inject scripts, potentially leading to code execution or account takeover.

- **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:** No
- **Published:** 22 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 19 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7p4c-c4rq-7g98

## What is CVE-2024-38379?

CVE-2024-38379 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Apache Allura, published on 22 Jun 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Apache Allura's neighborhood settings are vulnerable to a stored XSS attack.  Only neighborhood admins can access these settings, so the scope of risk is limited to configurations where neighborhood admins are not fully trusted.

This issue affects Apache Allura: from 1.4.0 through 1.17.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.17.1, which fixes the issue.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38379?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Apache Allura.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-38379?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38379 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-38379 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38379 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Apache Allura

- [CVE-2026-73240](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73240/): Apache Allura: Git command injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-69223](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-69223/): Apache Allura: Server-side request forgery (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-36471](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36471/): Apache Allura: sensitive information exposure via DNS rebinding (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2018-1299](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1299/): Path traversal in Apache Allura (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2026-73239](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73239/): Apache Allura: Missing permission checks IDOR (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38379 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-38379 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Apache Allura, published on 22 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-2024-38379 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Apache Allura. 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-2024-38379/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38379/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38379
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38379
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38379

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