CVE-2024-42346

moderate-risk
Published 2024-09-20

Galaxy is a free, open-source system for analyzing data, authoring workflows, training and education, publishing tools, managing infrastructure, and more. The editor visualization, /visualizations endpoint, can be used to store HTML tags and trigger javascript execution upon edit operation. All supported branches of Galaxy (and more back to release_20.05) were amended with the supplied patches. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Do I need to act?

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10.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 90% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.6/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Galaxy

Affected Vendors

43
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 27/34 · High
Exploitability 11/34 · Low
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal