CVE-2024-4216 | XSS vulnerability in /settings/store API response json payload in pgAdmin 4

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pgAdmin <= 8.5 is affected by XSS vulnerability in /settings/store API response json payload. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute malicious script at the client end.

Published: 2024-05-02 Last update: 2025-09-19 Assigner: f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007 Source: f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-4216 is rated Exploit Available (59.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.21%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-4216

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-4216

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.47% 0.21% -0.26%
2 2025-11-18 0.23% 0.47% +0.24%
3 2025-09-23 — 0.23% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-4216

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.4 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 3.1 3.7 f86ef6dc-4d3a-42ad-8f28-e6d5547a5007
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.3 2.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-4216

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-4216

GHSA-xv64-8p4r-94gq · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — pgAdmin Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in /settings/store API response json payload

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-4216

vendor priority summary link
suse medium CVE-2024-4216 severity moderate: SUSE including 16 source package names (pgadmin4-4.30-150300.3.15.1, pgadmin4-8.5-150600.3.3.1, …), 33 product×package rows across 8 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15 SP7, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP6, … (8 product lines)): Fixed 33. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4216/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-4216

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pgadmin pgadmin_4 < 8.6 cpe:2.3:a:pgadmin:pgadmin_4:*:*:*:*:*:postgresql:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 40 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-4216

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