# CVE-2024-45745: TopQuadrant TopBraid EDG JavaScript console XXE

> An authenticated attacker can exploit an XML External Entity vulnerability in TopBraid EDG to read local files or access internal URLs.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 27 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 27 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p52v-vcvw-fcmg

## What is CVE-2024-45745?

CVE-2024-45745 is a medium-severity vulnerability in TopQuadrant TopBraid EDG, published on 27 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

TopQuadrant TopBraid EDG before version 8.0.1 allows an authenticated attacker to upload an XML DTD file and execute JavaScript to read local files or access URLs (XXE). Fixed in 8.0.1 (bug fix: TBS-6721).

Weakness: CWE-611 (Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45745?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Topquadrant Topbraid Edg.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-45745?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45745 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-45745 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45745 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in TopQuadrant TopBraid EDG

- [CVE-2024-45744](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45744/): TopQuadrant TopBraid EDG password manager stores external credentials insecurely (low 3.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-45745 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-45745 is a medium-severity vulnerability in TopQuadrant TopBraid EDG, published on 27 Sep 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-2024-45745 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: TopQuadrant TopBraid EDG. 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-2024-45745/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45745/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45745
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45745
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45745

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45745/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.