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TI-2023-10287 Aliases CVE-2023-24769GHSA-68wj-c2jw-5pp9

Changedetection.io before v0.40.1.1 was discovered to contain a stored cross-site…

Priority MEDIUM 58CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Changedetection.io before v0.40.1.1 was discovered to contain a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the main page. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the URL parameter under the "Add a new change detection watch" function.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00631 50th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed changedetection.io (PyPI): 0.40.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—changedetection.io (PyPI)before 0.40.20.40.2Patch availableGHSA-68wj-c2jw-5pp9
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • changedetection.io (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.40.2 Fixed in 0.40.2 Patch available GHSA-68wj-c2jw-5pp9

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:webtechnologies:changedetection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.40.1.1Vulnerabledgtlmoon
  • cpe:2.3:a:webtechnologies:changedetection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.40.1.1 Vulnerable ·dgtlmoon

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-68wj-c2jw-5pp9 changedetection.io (PyPI) Fixed in 0.40.2 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-24769
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-68wj-c2jw-5pp9
  3. 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 1

Other 4

  • TI-2026-27619 changedetection.io has an Authentication Bypass via Decorator Ordering CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-23210 changedetection.io: Zip Slip vulnerability in the backup restore functionality CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-22073 changedetection.io Vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via Watch URLs CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-26322 Changedetection.io Discloses Environment Variables via jq env Builtin in Include Filters CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
  • TI-2026-23185 changedetection.io: XPath - Arbitrary File Read via unparsed-text() CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-31955 changedetection.io: Arbitrary Local File Read via crafted backup restore CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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