# CVE-2018-1000516: The Galaxy Project Galaxy version v14.10 contains a CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability in Man

- Also known as: PYSEC-2018-149, GHSA-QQR6-VM23-M488
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 14.10.1, 15.01
- Published: 2018-06-26 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- galaxy-app (PyPI): fixed in 14.10.1; from 15.0, fixed in 15.01
- galaxy-app (PyPI): fixed in 14.10.1
- galaxy-app (PyPI): from 15.0, fixed in 15.01

## Description

The Galaxy Project Galaxy version v14.10 contains a CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability in Many templates used in the Galaxy server did not properly sanitize user's input, which would allow for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. In this form of attack, a malicious person can create a URL which, when opened by a Galaxy user or administrator, would allow the malicious user to execute arbitrary Javascript. that can result in Arbitrary JavaScript code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must interact with component on page witch contains injected JavaScript code.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in v14.10.1, v15.01.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, galaxy-app, upgrade to a fixed version (14.10.1, 15.01) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://galaxyproject.org/archive/dev-news-briefs/2015-01-13/#security

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