# CVE-2024-8017: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in open-webui/open-webui

> Attackers can inject scripts via tooltips to steal chat history or escalate privileges to admin in Open WebUI.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.0 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 20 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-82mg-566w-vpxp

## What is CVE-2024-8017?

CVE-2024-8017 is a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in Openwebui Open Webui, published on 20 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

An XSS vulnerability exists in open-webui/open-webui versions <= 0.3.8, specifically in the function that constructs the HTML for tooltips. This vulnerability allows attackers to perform operations with the victim's privileges, such as stealing chat history, deleting chats, and escalating their own account to an admin if the victim is an admin.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8017?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Openwebui Open Webui.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-8017?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8017 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8017 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-8017 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Openwebui Open Webui

- [CVE-2026-44551](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44551/): Open WebUI: LDAP Empty Password Authentication Bypass (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2026-56400](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-56400/): open-webui - Remote Code Execution via CORS Misconfiguration and Session Validation (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2026-45672](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-45672/): Open WebUI: Jupyter code execution works despite `ENABLE_CODE_EXECUTION=false` — feature gate bypassed (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-87995](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-87995/): Open WebUI: Same-origin XSS to account takeover via terminal port-preview iframe hardcoding allow-same-origin (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2026-70492](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70492/): Open WebUI: Stored XSS via unescaped KaTeX render-error fallback in rendered messages (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8017 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8017 is a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in Openwebui Open Webui, published on 20 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, 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-2024-8017 exists.

Affected product: Openwebui Open Webui. 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-2024-8017/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8017/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8017
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8017
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8017

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8017/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.