CVE-2023-24769

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-02-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Changedetection.io before v0.40.1.1 was discovered to contain a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the main page. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the URL parameter under the "Add a new change detection watch" function.

Affected products

dgtlmoon changedetection.io: before 0.40.1.1 — fixed in 0.40.1.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: dgtlmoon changedetection.io 0.40.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/issues/1358
https://www.edoardoottavianelli.it/CVE-2023-24769
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRTpRlkU3Hc
https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/issues/1358
https://www.edoardoottavianelli.it/CVE-2023-24769
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRTpRlkU3Hc

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