High
Security advisory
Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in JATOS v3.9.3. The vulnerability exists in the description component of the study section, where an attacker can inject JavaScript into the description field. This allows for the execution of malicious scripts when an admin views the description, potentially leading to account takeover and unauthorized actions.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2024-51379
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 01:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in JATOS v3.9.3. The vulnerability exists in the description component of the study section, where an attacker can inject JavaScript into the description field. This allows for the execution of malicious scripts when an admin views the description, potentially leading to account takeover and unauthorized actions.
osv:CVE-2024-51379
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:48.737135133Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://hacking-notes.medium.com/cve-2024-51379-jatos-v3-9-3-stored-xss-description-component-de49d0077a96",
"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/51xxx/CVE-2024-51379.json",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-51379"
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 517141,
"published_at": "2024-11-05T00:00:00+00:00"
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