# CVE-2024-47618: Sulu vulnerable to XSS via uploaded SVG

> Low-privileged users can inject malicious JavaScript via SVG uploads, leading to script execution in other users' browsers.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA: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:** Yes
- **Published:** 3 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 18 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-255w-87rh-rg44

## What is CVE-2024-47618?

CVE-2024-47618 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in sulu, published on 3 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Sulu is a PHP content management system. Sulu is vulnerable against XSS whereas a low privileged user with access to the “Media” section can upload an SVG file with a malicious payload. Once uploaded and accessed, the malicious javascript will be executed on the victims’ (other users including admins) browsers. This issue is fixed in 2.6.5.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47618?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including sulu/sulu. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `sulu/sulu` | Packagist | From 2.0.0-RC1 | 2.5.21 |
| `sulu/sulu` | Packagist | From 2.0.0-RC1 | 2.5.21 |
| `sulu/sulu` | Packagist | From 2.6.0-RC1 | 2.6.5 |
| `sulu/sulu` | Packagist | From 2.6.0-RC1 | 2.6.5 |

Products: Sulu Sulu.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-47618?

Upgrade sulu/sulu to a fixed version for your release line: 2.5.21 or 2.6.5.

## Is CVE-2024-47618 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47618 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in sulu

- [CVE-2021-43836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43836/): PHP file inclusion in the Sulu admin panel (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2021-32737](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32737/): XSS Injection in Media Collection Title was possible (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2021-43835](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43835/): Privilege escalation in the Sulu Admin panel (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-27915](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27915/): Sulu grants access to pages regardless of role permissions (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2021-41169](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41169/): Improper Neutralization HTML tags in sulu/sulu (medium 6.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-47618 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-47618 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in sulu, published on 3 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47618 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- sulu/sulu (Packagist): affected from 2.0.0-RC1; fixed in 2.5.21
- sulu/sulu (Packagist): affected from 2.0.0-RC1; fixed in 2.5.21
- sulu/sulu (Packagist): affected from 2.6.0-RC1; fixed in 2.6.5
- sulu/sulu (Packagist): affected from 2.6.0-RC1; fixed in 2.6.5

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-2024-47618/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47618/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47618
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47618
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-47618

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47618/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.