{"id":"CVE-2024-52281","aliases":["GHSA-2v2w-8v8c-wcm9","GO-2025-3391"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2024-52281","summary":"Stored Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Rancher UI","details":"### Impact\nA vulnerability has been identified within Rancher UI that allows a malicious actor to perform a Stored XSS attack through the cluster description field.\n\nPlease consult the associated  [MITRE ATT&CK - Technique - Drive-by Compromise](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1189/) for further information about this category of attack.\n\n### Patches\nThe fix introduces new changes in the directives responsible for sanitizing HTML code before rendering. \n\nWe replaced the `v-tooltip` directive with the `v-clean-tooltip` directive.\n\nPatched versions include releases `2.9.4` and `2.10.0`.\n\n### Workarounds\nThere are no workarounds for this issue. Users are recommended to upgrade, as soon as possible, to a version of /Rancher Manager which contains the fixes.\n\n### Credits\nThis issue was identified and reported by Bhavin Makwana from Workday’s Cyber Defence Team.\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n- Reach out to the [SUSE Rancher Security team](https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/policy) for security related inquiries.\n- Open an issue in the [Rancher](https://github.com/rancher/rancher/issues/new/choose) repository.\n- Verify with our [support matrix](https://www.suse.com/suse-rancher/support-matrix/all-supported-versions/) and [product support lifecycle](https://www.suse.com/lifecycle/).","published":"2025-04-16T08:31:11.378Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:36.345692698Z","cvss":{"score":8.9,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/rancher/rancher","fixedVersion":"2.9.4"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/52xxx/CVE-2024-52281.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/rancher/rancher/security/advisories/GHSA-2v2w-8v8c-wcm9"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52281"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2024-52281"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/rancher/rancher"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-12T03:51:36.345692698Z"}}