VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2024-43396

The Automation feature allows a user to insert arbitrary HTML inside the task instructions, resulting in a Stored XSS.

MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 0.55%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.55%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Khoj is an application that creates personal AI agents. The Automation feature allows a user to insert arbitrary HTML inside the task instructions, resulting in a Stored XSS. The q parameter for the /api/automation endpoint does not get correctly sanitized when rendered on the page, resulting in the ability of users to inject arbitrary HTML/JS. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.0.

CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS: 0.55% probability · 44th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-79
Affected: khoj/khoj
Source: security-advisories@github.com

References

https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/commit/1c7a562880eeb7354325545d2cf6c5d1d1134812Patch
https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/commit/55be90cdd2f9d6a09c8bf9ceea52fc36b9201626Patch
https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/security/advisories/GHSA-cf72-vg59-4j4hExploit, Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.