CVE-2024-43792
Halo's editor has a stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability
Halo is an open source website building tool. A security vulnerability has been identified in versions prior to 2.17.0 of the Halo project. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute malicious scripts in the user's browser through specific HTML and JavaScript code, potentially leading to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack. Users are advised to upgrade to version 2.17.0+. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Halo's editor has a stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability
Halo is an open source website building tool. A security vulnerability has been identified in versions prior to 2.17.0 of the Halo project. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute malicious scripts in the user's browser through specific HTML and JavaScript code, potentially leading to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack. Users are advised to upgrade to version 2.17.0+. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2024-43792- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-40451
Halo is an open source website building tool. A security vulnerability has been identified in versions prior to 2.17.0 of the Halo project. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute malicious scripts in the user's browser through specific HTML and JavaScript code, potentially leading to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack. Users are advised to upgrade to version 2.17.0+. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
EUVD-2024-40451- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
Halo is an open source website building tool. A security vulnerability has been identified in versions prior to 2.17.0 of the Halo project. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute malicious scripts in the user's browser through specific HTML and JavaScript code, potentially leading to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack. Users are advised to upgrade to version 2.17.0+. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2024-43792- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Halo's editor has a stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability
Halo is an open source website building tool. A security vulnerability has been identified in versions prior to 2.17.0 of the Halo project. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute malicious scripts in the user's browser through specific HTML and JavaScript code, potentially leading to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack. Users are advised to upgrade to version 2.17.0+. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2024-43792- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-43792 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Halo, published September 2, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.35%, the 28th percentile. No source names a fixed version.