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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2024-56156 EUVD-2024-54441

Halo Vulnerable to Stored XSS and RCE via File Upload Bypass

Published Apr 25, 2025 · Updated Feb 3, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Halo is an open source website building tool. Prior to version 2.20.13, a vulnerability in Halo allows attackers to bypass file type validation controls. This bypass enables the upload of malicious files including executables and HTML files, which can lead to stored cross-site scripting attacks and potential remote code execution under certain circumstances. This issue has been patched in version 2.20.13.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
halo-dev halo < 2.20.13 —

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