Critical
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in open-webui/open-webui
Type: advisorySources: OSV
An XSS vulnerability exists in open-webui/open-webui versions <= 0.3.8, specifically in the function that constructs the HTML for tooltips. This vulnerability allows attackers to perform operations with the victim's privileges, such as stealing chat history, deleting chats, and escalating their own account to an admin if the victim is an admin.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-8017
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 8 Nov 2026, 00:24 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in open-webui/open-webui
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 20 Mar 2025, 10:11 UTC
An XSS vulnerability exists in open-webui/open-webui versions <= 0.3.8, specifically in the function that constructs the HTML for tooltips. This vulnerability allows attackers to perform operations with the victim's privileges, such as stealing chat history, deleting chats, and escalating their own account to an admin if the victim is an admin.
osv:CVE-2024-8017
Complete source record
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