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critical 9.3

CVE-2024-51757 json

Fixes security vulnerability that allowed for server side code to be executed by a <script> tag

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-3226 , GHSA-96g7-g7g9-jxw8

cvss
9.3
version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

happy-dom is a JavaScript implementation of a web browser without its graphical user interface. Versions of happy-dom prior to 15.10.2 may execute code on the host via a script tag. This would execute code in the user context of happy-dom. Users are advised to upgrade to version 15.10.2. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

  • npm happy-dom 15.10.2
  • capricorn86 happy-dom 15.10.1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-51757 updated cvss 9.8

happy-dom: Code Execution Vulnerability in happy-dom via Script Tag

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 9.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 9.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm happy-dom
<15.10.2
15.10.2

Affected products

  • capricorn86 happy-dom

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

The maintainers of capricorn86/happy-dom published their own advisory on GitHub. Reviewed sources take precedence over it.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.