{"id":"CVE-2024-51498","aliases":["EUVD-2024-45365","GHSA-cm4c-v4cm-3735"],"status":"published","title":"[@imput/cobalt-web] Cross-site Scripting when downloading picker image from malicious instance","description":"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.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":6,"vector":"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","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00491,"percentile":0.42538,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2024-11-04T23:07:17Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:51Z","products":[{"vendor":"ashlar-vellum","product":"cobalt"},{"vendor":"imputnet","product":"cobalt"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt/security/advisories/GHSA-cm4c-v4cm-3735","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt/commit/66bac03e3078e4e781d2d3903c05ad66a883a354","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt/commit/97977efabd92375f270d1818f38de3b0682c2f19","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt/commit/c4be1d3a37b0deb6b6087ec7a815262ac942daf1","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/51xxx/CVE-2024-51498.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-51498","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-51498","title":"[@imput/cobalt-web] Cross-site Scripting when downloading picker image from malicious instance","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2024-11-04T23:07:17.704Z","modified":"2024-11-05T16:47:40.398Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6,"vector":"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","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:01.972857Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-45365","description":"cobalt is a media downloader that doesn't piss you off. 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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.","status":"published","published":"2024-11-05T00:15:04.68Z","modified":"2026-06-17T08:05:48.63Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6,"vector":"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","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:10:35.864552Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2024-51498","title":"[@imput/cobalt-web] Cross-site Scripting when downloading picker image from malicious instance","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2024-11-04T23:07:17.704Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:51.589889171Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6,"vector":"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","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:44.032344Z"}]}}