# CVE-2024-6449: Arbitrary cross-domain file inclusion in HyperView Geoportal Toolkit

> An unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary scripts in user space and enumerate local network devices via cross-domain file inclusion.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA: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:** 28 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 9 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-26rc-mj52-pcf5

## What is CVE-2024-6449?

CVE-2024-6449 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in HyperView Geoportal Toolkit, published on 28 Aug 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

HyperView Geoportal Toolkit in versions lower than 8.5.0 does not restrict cross-domain requests when fetching remote content pointed by one of GET request parameters.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can prepare links, which upon opening will load scripts from a remote location controlled by the attacker and execute them in the user space.
By manipulating this parameter it is also possible to enumerate some of the devices in Local Area Network in which the server resides.

Weakness: CWE-942 (Permissive Cross-domain Security Policy with Untrusted Domains)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6449?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hyperview Geoportal Toolkit.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6449?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6449 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6449 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6449 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HyperView Geoportal Toolkit

- [CVE-2024-6450](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6450/): Reflected XSS in HyperView Geoportal Toolkit (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6449 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6449 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in HyperView Geoportal Toolkit, published on 28 Aug 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-2024-6449 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HyperView Geoportal Toolkit. 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-2024-6449/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6449/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6449
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6449
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6449

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6449/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.