CVE-2024-51498
[@imput/cobalt-web] Cross-site Scripting when downloading picker image from malicious instance
cobalt is a media downloader that doesn't piss you off. A malicious cobalt instance could serve links with the javascript: protocol, resulting in Cross-site Scripting (XSS) when the user tries to download an item from a picker. This issue has been present since commit 66bac03e, was mitigated in commit 97977efa (correctly configured web instances were no longer vulnerable) and fully fixed in commit c4be1d3a (included in release version 10.2.1). Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should enable a content-security-policy.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Active
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
[@imput/cobalt-web] Cross-site Scripting when downloading picker image from malicious instance
cobalt is a media downloader that doesn't piss you off. A malicious cobalt instance could serve links with the javascript: protocol, resulting in Cross-site Scripting (XSS) when the user tries to download an item from a picker. This issue has been present since commit 66bac03e, was mitigated in commit 97977efa (correctly configured web instances were no longer vulnerable) and fully fixed in commit c4be1d3a (included in release version 10.2.1). Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should enable a content-security-policy.
- Record
CVE-2024-51498- CVSS 4.0
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-45365
cobalt is a media downloader that doesn't piss you off. A malicious cobalt instance could serve links with the javascript: protocol, resulting in Cross-site Scripting (XSS) when the user tries to download an item from a picker. This issue has been present since commit 66bac03e, was mitigated in commit 97977efa (correctly configured web instances were no longer vulnerable) and fully fixed in commit c4be1d3a (included in release version 10.2.1). Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should enable a content-security-policy.
- Record
EUVD-2024-45365- CVSS 4.0
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
cobalt is a media downloader that doesn't piss you off. A malicious cobalt instance could serve links with the javascript: protocol, resulting in Cross-site Scripting (XSS) when the user tries to download an item from a picker. This issue has been present since commit 66bac03e, was mitigated in commit 97977efa (correctly configured web instances were no longer vulnerable) and fully fixed in commit c4be1d3a (included in release version 10.2.1). Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should enable a content-security-policy.
- Record
CVE-2024-51498- CVSS 4.0
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
[@imput/cobalt-web] Cross-site Scripting when downloading picker image from malicious instance
cobalt is a media downloader that doesn't piss you off. A malicious cobalt instance could serve links with the javascript: protocol, resulting in Cross-site Scripting (XSS) when the user tries to download an item from a picker. This issue has been present since commit 66bac03e, was mitigated in commit 97977efa (correctly configured web instances were no longer vulnerable) and fully fixed in commit c4be1d3a (included in release version 10.2.1). Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should enable a content-security-policy.
- Record
CVE-2024-51498- CVSS 4.0
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-51498 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.0) in Ashlar-vellum Cobalt, published November 4, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.49%, the 42nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/imputnet/cobalt/security/advisories/GHSA-cm4c-v4cm-3735
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-51498