CVE-2024-22414
User profile page vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in flaskBlog
flaskBlog is a simple blog app built with Flask. Improper storage and rendering of the /user/<user> page allows a user's comments to execute arbitrary javascript code. The html template user.html contains the following code snippet to render comments made by a user: <div class="content" tag="content">{{comment[2]|safe}}</div>. Use of the "safe" tag causes flask to not escape the rendered content. To remediate this, simply remove the |safe tag from the HTML above. No fix is is available and users are advised to manually edit their installation.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
User profile page vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in flaskBlog
flaskBlog is a simple blog app built with Flask. Improper storage and rendering of the /user/<user> page allows a user's comments to execute arbitrary javascript code. The html template user.html contains the following code snippet to render comments made by a user: <div class="content" tag="content">{{comment[2]|safe}}</div>. Use of the "safe" tag causes flask to not escape the rendered content. To remediate this, simply remove the |safe tag from the HTML above. No fix is is available and users are advised to manually edit their installation.
- Record
CVE-2024-22414- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-19966
flaskBlog is a simple blog app built with Flask. Improper storage and rendering of the /user/<user> page allows a user's comments to execute arbitrary javascript code. The html template user.html contains the following code snippet to render comments made by a user: <div class="content" tag="content">{{comment[2]|safe}}</div>. Use of the "safe" tag causes flask to not escape the rendered content. To remediate this, simply remove the |safe tag from the HTML above. No fix is is available and users are advised to manually edit their installation.
- Record
EUVD-2024-19966- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
flaskBlog is a simple blog app built with Flask. Improper storage and rendering of the /user/<user> page allows a user's comments to execute arbitrary javascript code. The html template user.html contains the following code snippet to render comments made by a user: <div class="content" tag="content">{{comment[2]|safe}}</div>. Use of the "safe" tag causes flask to not escape the rendered content. To remediate this, simply remove the |safe tag from the HTML above. No fix is is available and users are advised to manually edit their installation.
- Record
CVE-2024-22414- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
User profile page vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in flaskBlog
flaskBlog is a simple blog app built with Flask. Improper storage and rendering of the /user/<user> page allows a user's comments to execute arbitrary javascript code. The html template user.html contains the following code snippet to render comments made by a user: <div class="content" tag="content">{{comment[2]|safe}}</div>. Use of the "safe" tag causes flask to not escape the rendered content. To remediate this, simply remove the |safe tag from the HTML above. No fix is is available and users are advised to manually edit their installation.
- Record
CVE-2024-22414- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-22414 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Dogukanurker Flaskblog, published January 17, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. No source names a fixed version.