# CVE-2024-5408: Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in RhinOS from SaltOS

> Remote attackers can steal user session details via a crafted URL in the search parameter of the RhinOS portal.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 27 May 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024

## What is CVE-2024-5408?

CVE-2024-5408 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SaltOS RhinOS, published on 27 May 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

Vulnerability in RhinOS 3.0-1190 consisting of an XSS through the "search" parameter of /portal/search.htm. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to steal details of a victim's user session by submitting a specially crafted URL.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5408?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Saltos Rhinos.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5408?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5408 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5408 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5408 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SaltOS RhinOS

- [CVE-2024-5407](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5407/): Code Injection vulnerability in RhinOS from SaltOS (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-5409](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5409/): Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in RhinOS from SaltOS (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2018-18760](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-18760/): RhinOS 3.0 build 1190 allows CSRF. (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5408 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5408 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SaltOS RhinOS, published on 27 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5408 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SaltOS RhinOS. 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-2024-5408/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5408/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5408
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5408
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5408

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5408/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.