CVE-2024-53273
GHSL-2024-110: Reflected XSS in /register in habitica
Habitica is an open-source habit-building program. Versions prior to 5.28.5 are vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting. The register function in RegisterLoginReset.vue contains a reflected XSS vulnerability due to an incorrect sanitization function. An attacker can specify a malicious redirectTo parameter to trigger the vulnerability, giving the attacker control of the victim’s account when a victim registers or logins with a specially crafted link. Version 5.28.5 contains a patch.
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
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
GHSL-2024-110: Reflected XSS in /register in habitica
Habitica is an open-source habit-building program. Versions prior to 5.28.5 are vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting. The register function in RegisterLoginReset.vue contains a reflected XSS vulnerability due to an incorrect sanitization function. An attacker can specify a malicious redirectTo parameter to trigger the vulnerability, giving the attacker control of the victim’s account when a victim registers or logins with a specially crafted link. Version 5.28.5 contains a patch.
- Record
CVE-2024-53273- CVSS 4.0
- 5.0 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:N/E:P - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-51928
Habitica is an open-source habit-building program. Versions prior to 5.28.5 are vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting. The register function in RegisterLoginReset.vue contains a reflected XSS vulnerability due to an incorrect sanitization function. An attacker can specify a malicious redirectTo parameter to trigger the vulnerability, giving the attacker control of the victim’s account when a victim registers or logins with a specially crafted link. Version 5.28.5 contains a patch.
- Record
EUVD-2024-51928- CVSS 4.0
- 5.0 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:N/E:P - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
Habitica is an open-source habit-building program. Versions prior to 5.28.5 are vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting. The register function in RegisterLoginReset.vue contains a reflected XSS vulnerability due to an incorrect sanitization function. An attacker can specify a malicious redirectTo parameter to trigger the vulnerability, giving the attacker control of the victim’s account when a victim registers or logins with a specially crafted link. Version 5.28.5 contains a patch.
- Record
CVE-2024-53273- CVSS 4.0
- 5.0 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:N/E:P/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 - 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
GHSL-2024-110: Reflected XSS in /register in habitica
Habitica is an open-source habit-building program. Versions prior to 5.28.5 are vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting. The register function in RegisterLoginReset.vue contains a reflected XSS vulnerability due to an incorrect sanitization function. An attacker can specify a malicious redirectTo parameter to trigger the vulnerability, giving the attacker control of the victim’s account when a victim registers or logins with a specially crafted link. Version 5.28.5 contains a patch.
- Record
CVE-2024-53273- CVSS 4.0
- 5.0 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:N/E:P - 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-2024-53273 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Habitica, published December 11, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.46%, the 39th percentile. No source names a fixed version.