XSS in Bootstrap button component
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 13 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
A security vulnerability has been discovered in bootstrap that could enable Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The vulnerability is associated with the data-loading-text attribute within the button plugin. This vulnerability can be exploited by injecting malicious JavaScript code into the attribute, which would then be executed when the button's loading state is triggered.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bootstrap | Bootstrap | 1.4.0 – 3.4.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Bootstrap-sass | bootstrap-sass | 2.3.2 – 3.4.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | bootstrap (npm) | 1.4.0 – 3.4.1 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-vxmc-5x29-h64v |
- Bootstrap VendorBootstrap Affected 1.4.0 – 3.4.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- bootstrap-sass VendorBootstrap-sass Affected 2.3.2 – 3.4.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- bootstrap (npm) Vendor— Affected 1.4.0 – 3.4.1 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-vxmc-5x29-h64v
CPE names CISA-ADP · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | Getbootstrap |
- cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Getbootstrap
Remediation
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2025:1249 Released 2025-02-10 · Red Hat rating Importantupdated discovery container images
- Discovery 1 for RHEL 9 discovery/discovery-server-rhel9, discovery/discovery-ui-rhel9
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 5 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Process Automation 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Discovery 1 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:1249 |
Not affected: 10 products
- Red Hat Build of Keycloak
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 6
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
- Red Hat Quay 3
- Red Hat Satellite 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-6485
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vxmc-5x29-h64v
References
More Bootstrap vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-01415 XSS in Bootstrap title attribute for Tooltip and Popover CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.6
- TI-2026-06598 Bootstrap CMS Page Creation show.blade.php code injection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2024-6485 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-6485 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vxmc-5x29-h64v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-6485 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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