# CVE-2024-5184: Prompt Injection in EmailGPT

> Attackers can inject prompts to leak system instructions or execute unwanted commands in the EmailGPT AI service.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-27m7-5vm3-3prg

## What is CVE-2024-5184?

CVE-2024-5184 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in EmailGPT, published on 5 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The EmailGPT service contains a prompt injection vulnerability. The service uses an API service that allows a malicious user to inject a direct prompt and take over the service logic. Attackers can exploit the issue by forcing the AI service to leak the standard hard-coded system prompts and/or execute unwanted prompts. When engaging with EmailGPT by submitting a malicious prompt that requests harmful information, the system will respond by providing the requested data. This vulnerability can be exploited by any individual with access to the service.

Weakness: CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5184?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Emailgpt Emailgpt.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5184?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5184 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5184 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5184 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5184 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5184 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in EmailGPT, published on 5 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5184 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: EmailGPT. 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-2024-5184/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5184/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5184
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5184
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5184

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5184/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.