# CVE-2024-43481: Power BI Report Server Spoofing Vulnerability

> Attackers can exploit a spoofing vulnerability in Power BI Report Server to bypass security controls, requiring a vendor patch.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 19 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p7pp-ghq2-q7cc

## What is CVE-2024-43481?

CVE-2024-43481 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Power BI Report Server - May 2024, published on 8 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Power BI Report Server Spoofing Vulnerability

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-43481?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microsoft Power Bi Report Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-43481?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-43481 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-43481 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43481 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Power BI Report Server - May 2024

- [CVE-2026-65811](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-65811/): Power BI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-21806](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21806/): Power BI Report Server Spoofing Vulnerability (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2026-58647](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-58647/): Microsoft PowerBI Report Server Spoofing Vulnerability (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2026-21229](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-21229/): Power BI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2021-26859](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-26859/): Microsoft Power BI Information Disclosure Vulnerability (high 7.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-43481 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-43481 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Power BI Report Server - May 2024, published on 8 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43481 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Power BI Report Server - May 2024. 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-2024-43481/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43481/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43481
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43481
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43481

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43481/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.