# CVE-2024-46209: REDAXO CMS Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

> Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in REDAXO CMS via stored XSS in the media test page password parameter.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 7 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2p95-8xvm-2pjx

## What is CVE-2024-46209?

CVE-2024-46209 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component /media/test.html of REDAXO CMS v5.17.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injecting a crafted payload into the password parameter.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46209?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including redaxo/source. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `redaxo/source` | Packagist | All versions to 5.17.1 | None |
| `redaxo/source` | Packagist | All versions to 5.17.1 | None |

Products: Redaxo Redaxo.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-46209?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-46209 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-46209 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-46209 exists.

Public exploit code:

- https://github.com/h4ckr4v3n/CVE-2024-46209 (github_poc): https://github.com/h4ckr4v3n/CVE-2024-46209

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2018-18200](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-18200/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-17831](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17831/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-21857](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-21857/): Redaxo has Path Traversal in Backup Addon Leading to Arbitrary File Read (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2006-2843](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2843/): Code injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2006-2844](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2844/): Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in Redaxo 3.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the REX[I (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-46209 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-46209 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, 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-2024-46209 exists.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- redaxo/source (Packagist): affected all versions up to 5.17.1; no fix listed
- redaxo/source (Packagist): affected all versions up to 5.17.1; no fix listed

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-2024-46209/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46209/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46209
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46209
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-46209

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46209/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.