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CVE-2024-55074VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2024-55074: Grocy · XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting'

Affects GrocySource CVE Database V5

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Mentioned vulnerabilities

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 51% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 6 Jan 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Grocy project GrocyAffected
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Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2024-55074 effectively, organizations should first apply any official patches or updates released by the Grocy project once available. In the absence of patches, administrators should implement strict input validation and sanitization on the server side, particularly for file uploads in the edit profile function, to reject or neutralize HTML and SVG content that could contain executable scripts. Employ Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict the execution of inline scripts and limit the sources of executable content. Disable or restrict SVG file uploads if not essential, as SVG files can embed scripts. Conduct thorough code reviews and penetration testing focused on input handling and stored XSS vectors. Additionally, enforce the principle of least privilege for user roles to minimize the impact of any successful exploitation. Monitoring and logging of profile edits and file uploads can help detect suspicious activities early. Educate users about the risks of uploading untrusted content and maintain regular backups to recover from potential compromises.

Description

The edit profile function of Grocy through 4.3.0 allows stored XSS and resultant privilege escalation by uploading a crafted HTML or SVG file, a different issue than CVE-2024-8370.

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