A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the chat file upload functionality of open-webui/open-webui version 0.3.8. An attacker can inject malicious content into a file, which, when accessed by a victim through a URL or shared chat, executes JavaScript in the victim's browser. This can lead to user data theft, session hijacking, malware distribution, and phishing attacks.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-6968 A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the chat file upload functionality of open-webui/open-webui version 0.3.8. An attacker can inject malicious content into a file, which, when accessed by a victim through a URL or shared chat, executes JavaScript in the victim's browser. This can lead to user data theft, session hijacking, malware distribution, and phishing attacks.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-j274-m559-cj4j Open WebUI Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Chat File Upload
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Solution

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Workaround

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History

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Openwebui
Openwebui open Webui
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openwebui:open_webui:0.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Openwebui
Openwebui open Webui
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L'}


Thu, 20 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:15:00 +0000

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Description A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the chat file upload functionality of open-webui/open-webui version 0.3.8. An attacker can inject malicious content into a file, which, when accessed by a victim through a URL or shared chat, executes JavaScript in the victim's browser. This can lead to user data theft, session hijacking, malware distribution, and phishing attacks.
Title Stored XSS in open-webui/open-webui
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: @huntr_ai

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-20T18:22:11.578Z

Reserved: 2024-07-23T18:48:08.111Z

Link: CVE-2024-7044

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-20T17:48:51.621Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-03-20T10:15:35.853

Modified: 2025-07-29T18:05:55.873

Link: CVE-2024-7044

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-13T21:07:08Z