Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in hushline inbox
Priority HIGH 73CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Hush Line is a free and open-source, anonymous-tip-line-as-a-service for organizations or individuals. There is a stored XSS in the Inbox. The input is displayed using the `safe` Jinja2 attribute, and thus not sanitized upon display. This issue has been patched in version 0.1.0.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00425 37th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed hushline (scidsg): 0.1.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA hushline (scidsg) Fixed in 0.1.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-38521
References
More scidsg vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-25758 Hush Line OTP issue CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-36954 Content Security Policy appears to be missing in software and production setup CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
Sources
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