CVE-2024-25639: khoj Command Injection

Description

Khoj is an application that creates personal AI agents. The Khoj Obsidian, Desktop and Web clients inadequately sanitize the AI model's response and user inputs. This can trigger Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via Prompt Injection from untrusted documents either indexed by the user on Khoj or read by Khoj from the internet when the user invokes the /online command. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.13.0.

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CVSS v3.1 Score

5.9

MEDIUM

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

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-80 CWE-80

CWE-77 CWE-77

CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
khoj	khoj	< 1.13.0

References

Advisories & Patches

https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/commit/1dfd6d7391862d3564db7f4875216880b73cb6cc https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/security/advisories/GHSA-h2q2-vch3-72qm https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/commit/1dfd6d7391862d3564db7f4875216880b73cb6cc https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/security/advisories/GHSA-h2q2-vch3-72qm

Exploits

https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/security/advisories/GHSA-h2q2-vch3-72qm https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/security/advisories/GHSA-h2q2-vch3-72qm

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-25639? +

Khoj is an application that creates personal AI agents. The Khoj Obsidian, Desktop and Web clients inadequately sanitize the AI model's response and user inputs. This can trigger Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via Prompt Injection from untrusted documents either indexed by the user on Khoj or read by Khoj from the internet when the user invokes the /online command. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.13.0. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.9 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-25639? +

CVE-2024-25639 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.9 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance.

What products are affected by CVE-2024-25639? +

CVE-2024-25639 affects products from khoj, specifically: khoj. Check the affected products table above for specific version ranges.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2024-25639? +

You can use Secably's free Website Scanner to check your website for known vulnerabilities. For infrastructure scanning, use the Port Scanner to identify exposed services that may be affected. Check the vendor advisories linked above for specific patch and version information.

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