Browser script execution via uploaded knowledge files
Published Mar 20, 2025 · Updated Mar 20, 2025
Stored XSS in NetEase Youdao QAnything allows remote attackers to execute script in a user's browser through an uploaded knowledge file. The public disclosure states that file content persists in the knowledge base and is rendered during chat, but it does not identify the rendering component or missing neutralization operation. Execution requires a user to open an affected chat response, allowing the script to read or alter data available to that browser session.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in NetEase Youdao QAnything allows remote attackers to execute script in a user's browser through an uploaded knowledge file. The public disclosure states that file content persists in the knowledge base and is rendered during chat, but it does not identify the rendering component or missing neutralization operation. Execution requires a user to open an affected chat response, allowing the script to read or alter data available to that browser session.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-8027
- Published
- Mar 20, 2025
- Updated
- Mar 20, 2025
- Vendor
- NetEase Youdao
- Product
- QAnything
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 20, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 20, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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