# CVE-2024-51486: Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Ampache

> Attackers can inject malicious JavaScript via the Custom URL Favicon field in Ampache, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** 11 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 12 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4xw5-f7xm-vpw5, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-51486

## What is CVE-2024-51486?

CVE-2024-51486 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ampache, published on 11 Nov 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

Ampache is a web based audio/video streaming application and file manager. The vulnerability exists in the interface section of the Ampache menu, where users can change the "Custom URL - Favicon". This section is not properly sanitized, allowing for the input of strings that can execute JavaScript. This issue has been addressed in version 7.0.1 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-51486?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ampache Ampache.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-51486?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-51486 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-51486 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-51486 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ampache

- [CVE-2023-0606](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0606/): Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in ampache/ampache (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2021-21399](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21399/): Unauthenticated SubSonic backend access in Ampache (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2019-12385](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12385/): SQL injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-18375](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-18375/): Deserialization in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-15153](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15153/): Unauthenticated SQL injection in Ampache (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-51486 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-51486 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ampache, published on 11 Nov 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-2024-51486 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ampache. 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-2024-51486/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51486/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-51486
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-51486
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-51486

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51486/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.