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Vulnerability record · CVE-2024-43396 · published 20 August 2024

CVE-2024-43396: Khoj cross-site scripting vulnerability

Khoj · Khoj

Khoj is an application that creates personal AI agents. The Automation feature allows a user to insert arbitrary HTML inside the task instructions, resulting in a Stored XSS. The q parameter for the /api/automation endpoint does not get correctly sanitized when rendered on the page, resulting in the ability of users to inject arbitrary HTML/JS. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.0.

5.4 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.55% · top 56.2% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
5.4CVSS 3.1 base score
0.55%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
3References, 1 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Khoj is an application that creates personal AI agents. The Automation feature allows a user to insert arbitrary HTML inside the task instructions, resulting in a Stored XSS. The q parameter for the /api/automation endpoint does not get correctly sanitized when rendered on the page, resulting in the ability of users to inject arbitrary HTML/JS. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.0.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/commit/1c7a562880eeb7354325545d2cf6c5d1d1134812 Patch
https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/commit/55be90cdd2f9d6a09c8bf9ceea52fc36b9201626 Patch
https://github.com/khoj-ai/khoj/security/advisories/GHSA-cf72-vg59-4j4h ExploitVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2024-43396), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.