Galaxy cross-site scripting (XSS)

published 2018-06-26 8y ago modified 2026-07-13 3mo ago also GHSA-qqr6-vm23-m488 , PYSEC-2018-149 , EUVD-2018-0148

cvss: 6.1; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Galaxy Project Galaxy version v14.10 contains a CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability in Many templates used in the Galaxy server did not properly sanitize user's input, which would allow for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. In this form of attack, a malicious person can create a URL which, when opened by a Galaxy user or administrator, would allow the malicious user to execute arbitrary Javascript. that can result in Arbitrary JavaScript code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must interact with component on page witch contains injected JavaScript code.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in v14.10.1, v15.01.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

pypi galaxy-app 14.10.1, 15.01

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Exploit prediction

1.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub	3.0	6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
OSV	3.0	6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
pypi	galaxy-app	<14.10.1 >=15.0, <15.01	14.10.1 15.01

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

galaxyproject.org /archive/dev-news-briefs/2015-01-13/#security
web, vendor-advisory, advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000516
advisory
github.com /galaxyproject/galaxy
package
github.com /pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/galaxy-app/PYSEC-2018-149.yaml
web

Sources

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