{"id":"CVE-2024-43396","aliases":["GHSA-cf72-vg59-4j4h","PYSEC-2026-1492"],"title":"Khoj Vulnerable to Stored Cross-site Scripting In Automate (Preview feature)","summary":"Khoj Vulnerable to Stored Cross-site Scripting In Automate (Preview feature)","severity":"medium","cvss":5.4,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","vendor":"khoj","product":"khoj","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["khoj < 1.15.0"],"patched":["khoj 1.15.0"],"published":"2024-08-20","updated":"2026-07-07","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-cf72-vg59-4j4h","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/security/advisories/GHSA-cf72-vg59-4j4h"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43396"},{"url":"https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/commit/1c7a562880eeb7354325545d2cf6c5d1d1134812"},{"url":"https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/commit/55be90cdd2f9d6a09c8bf9ceea52fc36b9201626"},{"url":"https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.0055,"epssPercentile":0.44649,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-08T18:25:48.349Z","slug":"CVE-2024-43396","body":"## Overview\n\n### 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\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `khoj < 1.15.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `khoj 1.15.0`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":29.7,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}