🛡️ CVE-2024-51486 — ampache

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-79 NVD

5.5

CVSS Score

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Description

Ampache is a web based audio/video streaming application and file manager. The vulnerability exists in the interface section of the Ampache menu, where users can change the "Custom URL - Favicon". This section is not properly sanitized, allowing for the input of strings that can execute JavaScript. This issue has been addressed in version 7.0.1 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level 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-2024-51486 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-2024-51486 is recorded against 1 package.

ampache

Timeline and source

Published on 11 November 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com

CVE-2024-51486 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Ubuntu

Details

Severity MEDIUM

CVSS Score 5.5

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE CWE-79

Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes

Source NVD

Published 2024-11-11

Updated 2026-08-11

Modified 2026-06-17

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
ampache	—	—

References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/ampache/ampache/security/advisories/GHSA-4xw5-f7xm-vpw5

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