# CVE-2024-45527: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Attackers can inject HTML into project titles to trigger logout CSRF or phishing links, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **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:** 2 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wr7f-hm66-4cpv

## What is CVE-2024-45527?

CVE-2024-45527 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Sep 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

REDCap 14.7.0 allows HTML injection via the project title of a New Project action. This can lead to resultant logout CSRF via index.php?logout=1, and can also be used to insert a link to an external phishing website.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45527?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Vanderbilt Redcap.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-45527?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45527 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-45527 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-45527 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2023-38825](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38825/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-26712](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26712/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-42136](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-42136/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2024-56310](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56310/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-56311](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56311/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-45527 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-45527 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Sep 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-2024-45527 exists.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2024-45527/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45527/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45527
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45527
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45527

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45527/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.