VDB-261416 · CVE-2024-32472 · GCVE-0-2024-32472

excalidraw up to 0.16.3/0.17.5 Web Embeddable cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in excalidraw up to 0.16.3/0.17.5. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Web Embeddable. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-32472. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in excalidraw up to 0.16.3/0.17.5. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Web Embeddable. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

excalidraw is an open source virtual hand-drawn style whiteboard. A stored XSS vulnerability in Excalidraw's web embeddable component. This allows arbitrary JavaScript to be run in the context of the domain where the editor is hosted. There were two vectors. One rendering untrusted string as iframe's `srcdoc` without properly sanitizing against HTML injection. Second by improperly sanitizing against attribute HTML injection. This in conjunction with allowing `allow-same-origin` sandbox flag (necessary for several embeds) resulted in the XSS. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.17.6 and 0.16.4.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-32472 since 04/12/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading to version 0.16.4 or 0.17.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Name

excalidraw

Version

License

open-source

Website

Product: https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: excalidraw 0.16.4/0.17.6
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

04/12/2024 🔍
04/17/2024 +5 days 🔍
04/17/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/05/2025 +353 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 6be752e1b6d776ccfbd3bb9eea17463cb264121d
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-32472 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-32472
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-261416

Entryinfo

Created: 04/17/2024 23:55
Updated: 04/05/2025 11:59
Changes: 04/17/2024 23:55 (62), 05/24/2024 13:58 (2), 05/24/2024 14:04 (1), 04/05/2025 11:59 (4)
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