# CVE-2024-45965: Duplicate Advisory: Contao allows admin an account to upload SVG file containing malicious JavaScript

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-45965-duplicate-advisory-contao-allows-admin-an-account-to-upload-svg  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2024-10-02  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2024-45965 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2024-10-02

Duplicate Advisory: Contao allows admin an account to upload SVG file containing malicious JavaScript

Technologies: [contao/contao (Packagist)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/contao-contao). Vendors: [Packagist](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/packagist).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2024-45965 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-45965 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2024-45965?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 2 October 2024.

**Which products and versions are affected?** contao/contao (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=5.4.1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2024-45965?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2024-45965?** Check whether you run contao/contao (Packagist) 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.

## Affected products

- contao/contao (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=5.4.1

## Identifiers

- CVE-2024-45965
- GHSA-mrw8-5368-phm3

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