CVE-2024-32472

excalidraw vulnerable to a Stored XSS in excalidraw's web embed component

MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS Score
Published: April 17, 2024 at 09:23 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:29 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorExcalidraw

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Severity
MEDIUM6.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
PoC

Description

excalidraw is an open source virtual hand-drawn style whiteboard. A stored XSS vulnerability in Excalidraw's web embeddable component. This allows arbitrary JavaScript to be run in the context of the domain where the editor is hosted. There were two vectors. One rendering untrusted string as iframe's `srcdoc` without properly sanitizing against HTML injection. Second by improperly sanitizing against attribute HTML injection. This in conjunction with allowing `allow-same-origin` sandbox flag (necessary for several embeds) resulted in the XSS. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.17.6 and 0.16.4.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.16.4v < 0.17.60.16.0 ≤ v < 0.16.40.17.0 ≤ v < 0.17.60.16.00.17.0
Affected range stops below 0.16.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 0.17.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.1MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-79CWE-80

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