# CVE-2024-56918: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> A privileged attacker can exploit XSS on the login page to exfiltrate user input, requiring an upgrade to Netbox Community.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 24 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-85f6-6qjp-6w5r

## What is CVE-2024-56918?

CVE-2024-56918 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Jun 2025. 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

In Netbox Community 4.1.7, the login page is vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS), which allows a privileged, authenticated attacker to exfiltrate user input from the login form.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56918?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Netbox Netbox.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-56918?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-56918 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-56918 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-56918 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2023-33796](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33796/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-56917](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56917/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-40728](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40728/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-40729](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40729/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-40732](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40732/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-56918 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-56918 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, 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-2024-56918 exists.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2024-56918/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56918/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56918
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56918
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-56918

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56918/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.