CVE-2024-49579 Cross-site scripting in YouTrack
An insecure plugin iframe in JetBrains YouTrack allows arbitrary JavaScript execution and unauthorized API requests, enabling potential data theft or code execution.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-49579?
CVE-2024-49579 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Jetbrains Youtrack, published on 17 Oct 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
In JetBrains YouTrack before 2024.3.47197 insecure plugin iframe allowed arbitrary JavaScript execution and unauthorized API requests
Weakness: CWE-940
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49579?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Jetbrains Youtrack.
How do I fix CVE-2024-49579?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49579 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-2024-49579 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49579 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Jetbrains Youtrack
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2jrg-m6qw-2x74.