# CVE-2024-56376: Cross-site scripting in REDCap

> Authenticated users can inject malicious scripts into REDCap messages, leading to arbitrary script execution when victims view the message.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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:** 9 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 10 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p5p5-wgfg-gwq4

## What is CVE-2024-56376?

CVE-2024-56376 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Vanderbilt REDCap, published on 9 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

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the built-in messenger of REDCap 14.9.6 allows authenticated users to inject malicious scripts into the message field. When a user click on the received message, the crafted payload is executed, potentially enabling the execution of arbitrary web scripts.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56376?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Vanderbilt Redcap.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-56376?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-56376 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-56376 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-56376 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Vanderbilt REDCap

- [CVE-2023-38825](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38825/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-26712](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26712/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-42136](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-42136/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2024-56310](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56310/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-56311](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56311/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-56376 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-56376 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Vanderbilt REDCap, published on 9 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: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-56376 exists.

Affected product: Vanderbilt REDCap. 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-2024-56376/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56376/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56376
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56376
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-56376

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56376/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.