CVE-2024-6585 Cross-site scripting in Lightdash
Authenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts into Lightdash dashboards, executing code in other users' sessions.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-6585?
CVE-2024-6585 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Lightdash, published on 30 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Multiple stored cross-site scripting (“XSS”) vulnerabilities in the markdown dashboard and dashboard comment functionality of Lightdash version 0.1024.6 allows remote authenticated threat actors to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable web pages. A threat actor could potentially exploit this vulnerability to store malicious JavaScript which executes in the context of a user’s session with the application.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6585?
How do I fix CVE-2024-6585?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6585 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2024-6585 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6585 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6529-6jv3-66q2.