CVE-2024-5165 | Eclipse Ditto User Interface vulnerable to XSS due to Improper Neutralization of Input

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In Eclipse Ditto versions 3.0.0 to 3.5.5, the user input of several input fields of the Eclipse Ditto Explorer User Interface https://eclipse.dev/ditto/user-interface.html was not properly neutralized and thus vulnerable to both Reflected and Stored XSS (Cross Site Scripting). Several inputs were not persisted at the backend of Eclipse Ditto, but only in local browser storage to save settings of "environments" of the UI and e.g. the last performed "search queries", resulting in a "Reflected XSS" vulnerability. However, several other inputs were persisted at the backend of Eclipse Ditto, leading to a "Stored XSS" vulnerability. Those mean that authenticated and authorized users at Eclipse Ditto can persist Things in Ditto which can - when being displayed by other users also being authorized to see those Things in the Eclipse Ditto UI - cause scripts to be executed in the browser of other users.

Published: 2024-05-23 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-5165 is rated Exploit Available (54.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.50%). 7 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-5165

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-5165

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 2026-06-15 0.88% 0.50% -0.38%
2 2025-12-03 0.82% 0.88% +0.06%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.82% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-5165

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
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-2024-5165

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-5165

GHSA-hjfc-6jxr-j2rx · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Eclipse Ditto vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-5165

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
eclipse ditto >= 3.0.0, < 3.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:ditto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-5165

URL Tags
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/23 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/201 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/202 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/204 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/207 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/209 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/210 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/211 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
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