# CVE-2024-5165: Eclipse Ditto User Interface vulnerable to XSS due to Improper Neutralization of Input

> Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via unsanitized input in the Eclipse Ditto Explorer UI, potentially leading to session hijacking or data theft.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 23 May 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hjfc-6jxr-j2rx

## What is CVE-2024-5165?

CVE-2024-5165 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Eclipse Ditto, published on 23 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In Eclipse Ditto versions 3.0.0 to 3.5.5, the user input of several input fields of the Eclipse  Ditto Explorer User Interface https://eclipse.dev/ditto/user-interface.html  was not properly neutralized and thus vulnerable to both Reflected and Stored XSS (Cross Site Scripting).

Several inputs were not persisted at the backend of Eclipse Ditto, but only in local browser storage to save settings of "environments" of the UI and e.g. the last performed "search queries", resulting in a "Reflected XSS" vulnerability.

However, several other inputs were persisted at the backend of Eclipse Ditto, leading to a "Stored XSS" vulnerability. Those mean that authenticated and authorized users at Eclipse Ditto can persist Things in Ditto which can - when being displayed by other users also being authorized to see those Things in the Eclipse Ditto UI - cause scripts to be executed in the browser of other users.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5165?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.eclipse.ditto:ditto. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `org.eclipse.ditto:ditto` | Maven | From 3.0.0 | 3.4.5 |
| `org.eclipse.ditto:ditto` | Maven | From 3.0.0 | 3.4.5 |
| `org.eclipse.ditto:ditto` | Maven | From 3.5.0 | 3.5.6 |
| `org.eclipse.ditto:ditto` | Maven | From 3.5.0 | 3.5.6 |

Products: Eclipse Ditto.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5165?

Upgrade org.eclipse.ditto:ditto to a fixed version for your release line: 3.4.5 or 3.5.6.

## Is CVE-2024-5165 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5165 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5165 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5165 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Eclipse Ditto, published on 23 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5165 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- org.eclipse.ditto:ditto (Maven): affected from 3.0.0; fixed in 3.4.5
- org.eclipse.ditto:ditto (Maven): affected from 3.0.0; fixed in 3.4.5
- org.eclipse.ditto:ditto (Maven): affected from 3.5.0; fixed in 3.5.6
- org.eclipse.ditto:ditto (Maven): affected from 3.5.0; fixed in 3.5.6

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-2024-5165/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5165/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5165
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5165
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5165

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