CVE-2024-56918
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

In Netbox Community 4.1.7, a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the login page that allows privileged, authenticated attackers to exfiltrate user input from the login form. The vulnerability was disclosed on June 24, 2025 and affects versions from 4.1.7 up to 4.2.1 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) issue that specifically affects the login page functionality. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 6.1 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. This indicates that the vulnerability can be exploited remotely, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but does require user interaction (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker with appropriate privileges to exfiltrate user input data from the login form. This could potentially lead to the compromise of user credentials or other sensitive information entered into the login form (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been addressed in Netbox version 4.1.7. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to mitigate the risk (Release Notes).

Additional resources


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