Qanything
CVE-2024-8027
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.08%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 28, 2026
A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in netease-youdao/QAnything. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in netease-youdao/QAnything. Attackers can upload malicious knowledge files to the knowledge base, which can trigger XSS attacks during user chats. This vulnerability affects all versions prior to the fix. Affected products include: Youdao Qanything.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in netease-youdao/QAnything. Attackers can upload malicious knowledge files to the knowledge base, which can trigger XSS attacks during user chats. This vulnerability affects all versions prior to the fix.
Executive ViewAI
CVE-2024-8027 presents moderate security risk, a cross-site scripting vulnerability rated CVSS 6.1. Attackers could inject scripts to steal sessions or perform actions as authenticated users. Proof-of-concept code is publicly available. Organizations should apply vendor updates when available and monitor for exploitation.
Apply vendor patch. If patching is delayed: implement CSP headers, enable HttpOnly cookies, deploy WAF XSS rules.
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
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netease-youdao/qanything version 1.4.1 contains a vulnerability where unsafe data obtained from user input is concatenat
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in the backend API of netease-youdao/qanything, as of commit d9
A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in the file upload feature of netease-youdao/qanything version v2
A local file inclusion vulnerability exists in netease-youdao/qanything version v2.0.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5),
qanything_kernel/connector/database/mysql/mysql_client.py in qanything.ai QAnything before 1.2.0 allows SQL Injection. R
Unauthenticated cross-tenant document disclosure in QAnything 2.0.0 allows any network attacker to retrieve base64-encod
A CORS misconfiguration vulnerability exists in netease-youdao/qanything version 1.4.1. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5),
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