CVE-2024-40111: Automad

Medium severity, CVSS 4.8. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A persistent (stored) cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in Automad 2.0.0-alpha.4. This vulnerability enables an attacker to inject malicious JavaScript code into the template body. The injected code is stored within the flat file CMS and is executed in the browser of any user visiting the forum.

Affected products

• Automad Automad: version 2.0.0 only

Published 2024-08-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.