What is GHSA-2pwh-52h7-7j84?

GHSA-2pwh-52h7-7j84 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. JavaScript execution via malicious molfiles (XSS)

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-2pwh-52h7-7j84 cover?

GHSA-2pwh-52h7-7j84 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2024-0758. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-2pwh-52h7-7j84?

GHSA-2pwh-52h7-7j84 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-2pwh-52h7-7j84?

GHSA-2pwh-52h7-7j84 affects 1 product, including: maven/de.ipb-halle:molecularfaces:\u003c 0.3.0.

GHSA-2pwh-52h7-7j84MediumCVSS 6.1

JavaScript execution via malicious molfiles (XSS)

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

April 16, 2021

Last Modified

January 22, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2024-0758 →

📋 Description

Impact

The viewer plugin implementation of <mol:molecule> renders molfile data directly inside a <script> tag without any escaping. Arbitrary JavaScript code can thus be executed in the client browser via crafted molfiles.

Patches

Patched in v0.3.0: Molfile data is now rendered as value of a hidden <input> tag and escaped via JSF's mechanisms.

Workarounds

No workaround available.

🎯 Affected products1

maven/de.ipb-halle:molecularfaces:< 0.3.0

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/ipb-halle/MolecularFaces/security/advisories/GHSA-2pwh-52h7-7j84
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0758
https://vulncheck.com/advisories/vc-advisory-GHSA-2pwh-52h7-7j84
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2pwh-52h7-7j84