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title: "CVE-2024-28175: Cross-site scripting on application summary component"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2024-28175/
description: "CVE-2024-28175 (github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go)): Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. Due to the improper URL…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2024-03-13
date_modified: 2024-08-21
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2024-28175"
kev: false
cvss: 9.1
epss: 0.00654
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
---

# CVE-2024-28175: Cross-site scripting on application summary component

**Signal:** Critical, preconditions apply. Severe if exploited, but exploitation needs conditions that may not apply to you. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 0.7% , percentile 51: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.7% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (moderate). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs an account (low (any account)). Exposure depends on who can log in.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) >= 2.9.0, < 2.9.8, fixed in 2.9.8 ; github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) >= 2.10.0, < 2.10.3, fixed in 2.10.3 ; github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) >= 2.0.0, < 2.8.12, fixed in 2.8.12 ; github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go) >= 1.0.0, <= 1.8.7, no fixed version listed . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. Due to the improper URL protocols filtering of links specified in the link.argocd.argoproj.io annotations in the application summary component, an attacker can achieve cross-site scripting with elevated permissions. All unpatched versions of Argo CD starting with v1.0.0 are vulnerable to a cross-site scripting (XSS) bug allowing a malicious user to inject a javascript: link in the UI. When clicked by a victim user, the script will execute with the victim's permissions (up to and including admin). This vulnerability allows an attacker to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim via the API, such as creating, modifying, and deleting Kubernetes resources. A patch for this vulnerability has been released in Argo CD versions v2.10.3 v2.9.8, and v2.8.12. There are no completely-safe workarounds besides upgrading. The safest alternative, if upgrading is not possible, would be to create a Kubernetes admission controller to reject any resources with an annotation starting with link.argocd.argoproj.io or reject the resource if the value use an improper URL protocol. This validation will need to be applied in all clusters managed by ArgoCD.

## Affected packages

- Go `github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2` >= 2.9.0, < 2.9.8 → fixed: 2.9.8
- Go `github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2` >= 2.10.0, < 2.10.3 → fixed: 2.10.3
- Go `github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2` >= 2.0.0, < 2.8.12 → fixed: 2.8.12
- Go `github.com/argoproj/argo-cd` >= 1.0.0, <= 1.8.7 → fixed: none listed

## Affected products (CVE record)

- argoproj argo-cd: >= 1.0.0, < 2.8.12, >= 2.9.0, < 2.9.8, >= 2.10.0, < 2.10.3

## Severity

- GitHub_M CVSS 3.1: 9.1 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.0 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 51.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-jwv5-8mqv-g387](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jwv5-8mqv-g387)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2024-28175](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-28175)
- [NVD entry CVE-2024-28175](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28175)
- [github.com](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-jwv5-8mqv-g387)
- [github.com](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/479b5544b57dc9ef767d49f7003f39602c480b71)

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