{"id":"CVE-2024-43396","aliases":["GHSA-cf72-vg59-4j4h","PYSEC-2026-1492"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43396","summary":"Khoj Vulnerable to Stored Cross-site Scripting In Automate (Preview feature)","details":"### Summary\nThe Automation feature allows a user to insert arbitrary HTML inside the task instructions, resulting in a Stored XSS. \n\n### Details\nThe `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.\n\n### PoC\n```\nPOST /api/automation?q=%22%3E%3C%2Ftextarea%3E%3Cimg%20src%3Dx%20onerror%3Dalert(document.cookie)%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(2)%3C%2Fscript%3E\n```\n\n### Impact\nStored XSS:\n![image](https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/assets/115566010/6b5b9f60-e05c-448b-82b4-bf010ad8a4f0)\n\n### Fix\n- Added a Content Security Policy to all config pages on the web client, including the automation page\n- Used DOM scripting to construct all components on the config pages, including the automation page","published":"2024-08-20T20:23:05.660Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:41.818074761Z","cvss":{"score":5.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":1,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"khoj","fixedVersion":"1.15.0"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/commit/1c7a562880eeb7354325545d2cf6c5d1d1134812","label":"khoj-ai/khoj@1c7a562"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/43xxx/CVE-2024-43396.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/security/advisories/GHSA-cf72-vg59-4j4h"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43396"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/commit/1c7a562880eeb7354325545d2cf6c5d1d1134812"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/commit/55be90cdd2f9d6a09c8bf9ceea52fc36b9201626"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-10-28T02:30:41.818074761Z"}}