# CVE-2024-51457: IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak cross-site scripting

> Authenticated users can inject JavaScript into the Web UI, potentially stealing credentials from trusted sessions in IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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:** 22 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 18 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-885f-f3j2-3j6h

## What is CVE-2024-51457?

CVE-2024-51457 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak, published on 22 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

IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak 21.0.0 through 21.0.7.19 and 23.0.0 through 23.0.19 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows an authenticated user to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-51457?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-51457?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-51457 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-51457 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-51457 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak

- [CVE-2022-43844](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43844/): IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak session fixation (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-45189](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45189/): IBM Robotic Process Automation information disclosure (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2022-38709](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38709/): Cross-site scripting in Robotic Process Automation (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2022-35280](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35280/): Weak cryptography in Robotic Process Automation (medium 4.6)
- [CVE-2023-22592](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22592/): IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak insufficient permission settings (medium 4.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-51457 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-51457 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak, published on 22 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: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-51457 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak. 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-2024-51457/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51457/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-51457
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-51457
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-51457

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51457/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.