# CVE-2024-23345: XSS potential in rendered Markdown fields (comments, description, notes, etc.)

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-23345-xss-potential-in-rendered-markdown-fields-comments-description  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2024-01-23  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2024-23345 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2024-01-23

Nautobot is a Network Source of Truth and Network Automation Platform built as a web application.  All users of Nautobot versions earlier than 1.6.10 or 2.1.2 are potentially impacted by a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Due to inadequate input sanitization, any user-editable fields that support Markdown rendering, including are potentially susceptible to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via maliciously crafted data. This issue is fixed in Nautobot versions 1.6.10 and 2.1.2.

Technologies: [nautobot (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/nautobot). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2024-23345 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-23345 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2024-23345?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 23 January 2024.

**Which products and versions are affected?** nautobot (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.0.0,fixed=2.1.2, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=17effcbe84a72150c82b138565c311bbee357e80,fixed=64312a4297b5ca49b6cdedf477e41e8e4fd61cce|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.0.0,fixed=2.1.2,introduced=0,fixed=1.6.10.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2024-23345?** Yes. nautobot (PyPI): upgrade to 1.6.10, 2.1.2 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2024-23345?** Check whether you run nautobot (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- nautobot (PyPI): upgrade to 1.6.10, 2.1.2 or later

  ```sh
  pip install "nautobot>=2.1.2"
  ```


## Affected products

- nautobot (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.0.0,fixed=2.1.2, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=17effcbe84a72150c82b138565c311bbee357e80,fixed=64312a4297b5ca49b6cdedf477e41e8e4fd61cce|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.0.0,fixed=2.1.2,introduced=0,fixed=1.6.10

## Identifiers

- CVE-2024-23345
- GHSA-v4xv-795h-rv4h
- PYSEC-2024-16

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