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CKAN has a Cross-site Scripting vector in the Datatables view plugin

Type: advisorySources: OSV

CKAN is an open-source data management system for powering data hubs and data portals. The Datatables view plugin did not properly escape record data coming from the DataStore, leading to a potential XSS vector. Sites running CKAN >= 2.7.0 with the datatables_view plugin activated. This is a plugin included in CKAN core, that not activated by default but it is widely used to preview tabular data. This vulnerability has been fixed in CKAN 2.10.5 and 2.11.0.

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CVEs
CVE-2024-41675
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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7 Nov 2026, 04:34 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CKAN has a Cross-site Scripting vector in the Datatables view plugin

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Aug 2024, 14:34 UTC

CKAN is an open-source data management system for powering data hubs and data portals. The Datatables view plugin did not properly escape record data coming from the DataStore, leading to a potential XSS vector. Sites running CKAN >= 2.7.0 with the datatables_view plugin activated. This is a plugin included in CKAN core, that not activated by default but it is widely used to preview tabular data. This vulnerability has been fixed in CKAN 2.10.5 and 2.11.0.

osv:CVE-2024-41675
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41675",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CKAN has a Cross-site Scripting vector in the Datatables view plugin",
    "summary": "CKAN is an open-source data management system for powering data hubs and data portals. The Datatables view plugin did not properly escape record data coming from the DataStore, leading to a potential XSS vector. Sites running CKAN >= 2.7.0 with the datatables_view plugin activated. This is a plugin included in CKAN core, that not activated by default but it is widely used to preview tabular data. This vulnerability has been fixed in CKAN 2.10.5 and 2.11.0.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-41675",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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        "PYSEC-2026-1253"
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:49.780150021Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41675",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 518166,
  "published_at": "2024-08-21T14:34:31.424+00:00"
}