CVE-2024-44080 Cross-site scripting in n/a

High 7.5 Published 29 Oct 2024 Updated 30 Oct 2024

Attackers can inject malicious scripts via crafted GIF URLs in Jitsi Meet chats, potentially compromising user sessions and data.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-44080?

CVE-2024-44080 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Jitsi Meet before 2.0.9779, the functionality to share an image using giphy was implemented in an insecure way, resulting in clients loading GIFs from any arbitrary URL if a message from another participant contains a URL encoded in the expected format.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-44080?

It affects 1 product.

Products include 8x8 Jitsi Meet.

How do I fix CVE-2024-44080?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-44080 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2024-44080 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44080 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vgwf-5fwc-xx64.