CVE-2024-8029
Published: 20 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-8029 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Pribai Privategpt. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique SVG Smuggling (T1027.017); ranked in the top 40.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as LLM Application Platforms; in the Privacy and Disclosure risk domain.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-6934
Vulnerability details
An XSS vulnerability was discovered in the upload file(s) process of imartinez/privategpt v0.5.0. Attackers can upload malicious SVG files, which execute JavaScript when victims click on the file link. This can lead to user data theft, session hijacking, malware distribution,…
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and phishing attacks.
- CWE(s)
AI Security AnalysisAI
- AI Category
- LLM Application Platforms
- Risk Domain
- Privacy and Disclosure
- OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
- None mapped
- Classification Reason
- Matched keywords: privategpt
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
XSS via malicious SVG upload enables SVG smuggling for obfuscated JS execution (T1027.017, T1059.007), exploitation of public-facing web app (T1190), and session cookie theft for hijacking (T1539).
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.