# CVE-2024-5737: HTML Injection in AdmirorFrames Joomla! Extension

> Attackers can inject HTML into image data rendered by AdmirorFrames, enabling cross-site scripting attacks against Joomla users.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Green`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024

## What is CVE-2024-5737?

CVE-2024-5737 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Nikola Vasilijevski AdmirorFrames, published on 28 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Script afGdStream.php in AdmirorFrames Joomla! extension doesn’t specify a content type and as a result default (text/html) is used. An attacker may embed HTML tags directly in image data which is rendered by a webpage as HTML. This issue affects AdmirorFrames: before 5.0.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5737?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Admiror-Design-Studio Admirorframes.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5737?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5737 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5737 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5737 exists.

Public exploit code:

- AdmirorFrames Joomla! Extension < 5.0 - HTML Injection (github_poc): https://github.com/afine-com/CVE-2024-5737

## Other vulnerabilities in Nikola Vasilijevski AdmirorFrames

- [CVE-2024-5736](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5736/): SSRF in AdmirorFrames Joomla! Extension (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2024-5735](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5735/): Full Path Disclosure in AdmirorFrames Joomla! Extension (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5737 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5737 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Nikola Vasilijevski AdmirorFrames, published on 28 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5737 exists.

Affected product: Nikola Vasilijevski AdmirorFrames. 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-2024-5737/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5737/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5737
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5737
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5737

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5737/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.