TI-2024-25621 Aliases CVE-2024-38364 GHSA-94cc-xjxr-pwvf

DSpace Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via a deposited HTML/XML document

LOW 13CWE-79Published 2024-06-25 · Updated 2024-08-02

Key facts

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

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

Summary

DSpace is an open source software is a turnkey repository application used by more than 2,000 organizations and institutions worldwide to provide durable access to digital resources. In DSpace 7.0 through 7.6.1, when an HTML, XML or JavaScript Bitstream is downloaded, the user's browser may execute any embedded JavaScript. If that embedded JavaScript is malicious, there is a risk of an XSS attack. This vulnerability has been patched in version 7.6.2.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00393 33rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed DSpace (DSpace): 7.6.2org.dspace:dspace-server-webapp (Maven): 7.6.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
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
DSpace	DSpace	7.0 to before 7.6.2	7.6.2	Patch available	CNA
—	org.dspace:dspace-server-webapp (Maven)	7.0 to before 7.6.2	7.6.2	Patch available	GHSA-94cc-xjxr-pwvf

DSpace VendorDSpace Affected 7.0 to before 7.6.2 Fixed in 7.6.2 Patch available CNA
org.dspace:dspace-server-webapp (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.0 to before 7.6.2 Fixed in 7.6.2 Patch available GHSA-94cc-xjxr-pwvf

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:duraspace:dspace::::::::	—	—	DSpace

cpe:2.3:a:duraspace:dspace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·DSpace

Remediation

Fix · CNA DSpace (DSpace) Fixed in 7.6.2
Fix · GHSA-94cc-xjxr-pwvf org.dspace:dspace-server-webapp (Maven) Fixed in 7.6.2 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-38364
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-94cc-xjxr-pwvf

References

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38364

Other 5

TI-2022-13234 Path traversal vulnerabilities in DSpace JSPUI submission upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
TI-2026-36736 DSpace: Remote Code Execution (RCE) possible in Velocity Templates used by LDN CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
TI-2022-13235 Path traversal vulnerability in Simple Archive Format package import in DSpace CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
TI-2019-04922 SPARQL Injection in VIVO Vitro v1.10.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2016-08766 The XMLUI feature in DSpace before 3.6, 4.x before 4.5, and 5.x before 5.5 allows… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2021-18028 Communities and collections administrators can escalate their privilege up to system administrator CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2

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Sources

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