# CVE-2024-6450: Reflected XSS in HyperView Geoportal Toolkit

> An unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary scripts in a user's browser via a crafted URL in the Geoportal Toolkit.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/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-9c47-7pjp-gr57

## What is CVE-2024-6450?

CVE-2024-6450 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 is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). An unauthenticated attacker might trick somebody into using a crafted URL, which will cause a script to be run in user's browser.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6450?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hyperview Geoportal Toolkit.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6450?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6450 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6450 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6450 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HyperView Geoportal Toolkit

- [CVE-2024-6449](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6449/): Arbitrary cross-domain file inclusion in HyperView Geoportal Toolkit (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6450 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6450 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-2024-6450 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-2024-6450/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6450/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6450
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6450
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6450

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6450/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.