CWE-79
AllowedImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Abstraction: Base · Status: Stable
The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
66752 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-XRPP-3RF6-W42J
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-09-25 18:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 07:50Docker Desktop before 4.12.0 is vulnerable to RCE via a crafted extension description or changelog.
This issue affects Docker Desktop: before 4.12.0.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-0625"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-79",
"CWE-94"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-09-25T16:15:13Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "Docker Desktop before 4.12.0 is vulnerable to RCE via a crafted extension description or changelog.\n\nThis issue affects Docker Desktop: before 4.12.0.\n\n",
"id": "GHSA-xrpp-3rf6-w42j",
"modified": "2024-04-04T07:50:09Z",
"published": "2023-09-25T18:30:50Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0625"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/#4120"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-XRPQ-4G9W-QRWJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-14 21:31 – Updated: 2025-05-16 20:09Jenkins Health Advisor by CloudBees Plugin 374.v194b_d4f0c8c8 and earlier does not escape responses from the Jenkins Health Advisor server, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to control Jenkins Health Advisor server responses.
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "Maven",
"name": "org.jenkins-ci.plugins:cloudbees-jenkins-advisor"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "374.376.v3a_41a_a_142efe"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-47885"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-79"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2025-05-16T14:46:30Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2025-05-14T21:15:59Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Jenkins Health Advisor by CloudBees Plugin 374.v194b_d4f0c8c8 and earlier does not escape responses from the Jenkins Health Advisor server, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to control Jenkins Health Advisor server responses.",
"id": "GHSA-xrpq-4g9w-qrwj",
"modified": "2025-05-16T20:09:28Z",
"published": "2025-05-14T21:31:20Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47885"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/jenkinsci/cloudbees-jenkins-advisor-plugin/commit/4b456b3110d1504d7dce8e7fca84c4e8793650e6"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/jenkinsci/cloudbees-jenkins-advisor-plugin"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2025-05-14/#SECURITY-3559"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Jenkins Health Advisor by CloudBees Plugin Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting"
}
GHSA-XRPR-PC4J-R3PR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-03-27 15:30 – Updated: 2023-03-30 18:30Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Contempoinc Real Estate 7 WordPress theme <= 3.3.1 versions.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-47146"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-79"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-03-27T15:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Contempoinc Real Estate 7 WordPress theme \u003c= 3.3.1 versions.",
"id": "GHSA-xrpr-pc4j-r3pr",
"modified": "2023-03-30T18:30:30Z",
"published": "2023-03-27T15:30:17Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-47146"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/realestate-7/wordpress-real-estate-7-theme-3-3-1-cross-site-scripting-xss?_s_id=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-XRPR-V2XP-CJM4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-11-22 18:30 – Updated: 2023-11-22 18:30The Drop Shadow Boxes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'dropshadowbox' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.7.13 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-5469"
],
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"CWE-79"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-11-22T16:15:13Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The Drop Shadow Boxes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via \u0027dropshadowbox\u0027 shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.7.13 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.",
"id": "GHSA-xrpr-v2xp-cjm4",
"modified": "2023-11-22T18:30:56Z",
"published": "2023-11-22T18:30:56Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5469"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/drop-shadow-boxes/tags/1.7.12/dropshadowboxes.php#L319"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2998610/drop-shadow-boxes#file1"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c0b3911c-a960-4f28-b289-389b26282741?source=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-XRPW-3FMW-45QF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-08 09:31 – Updated: 2026-04-13 21:30Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in wpbits WPBITS Addons For Elementor Page Builder wpbits-addons-for-elementor allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WPBITS Addons For Elementor Page Builder: from n/a through <= 1.8.1.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-39703"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-04-08T09:16:42Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (\u0027Cross-site Scripting\u0027) vulnerability in wpbits WPBITS Addons For Elementor Page Builder wpbits-addons-for-elementor allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WPBITS Addons For Elementor Page Builder: from n/a through \u003c= 1.8.1.",
"id": "GHSA-xrpw-3fmw-45qf",
"modified": "2026-04-13T21:30:36Z",
"published": "2026-04-08T09:31:35Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-39703"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wpbits-addons-for-elementor/vulnerability/wordpress-wpbits-addons-for-elementor-page-builder-plugin-1-8-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-XRQ3-J5CQ-H7P4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-12-20 06:30 – Updated: 2024-12-20 18:31The WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons WordPress plugin before 9.8.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-10555"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-79"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-12-20T06:15:22Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The WordPress Button Plugin MaxButtons WordPress plugin before 9.8.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).",
"id": "GHSA-xrq3-j5cq-h7p4",
"modified": "2024-12-20T18:31:31Z",
"published": "2024-12-20T06:30:45Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10555"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fcc97635-e939-4cb4-9851-6f6ac4f6ad47"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-XRQ6-QP2X-FH89
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-02-06 00:30 – Updated: 2024-02-06 00:30The WP RSS Aggregator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the RSS feed source in all versions up to, and including, 4.23.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-0630"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-79"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-02-05T22:16:03Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The WP RSS Aggregator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the RSS feed source in all versions up to, and including, 4.23.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.",
"id": "GHSA-xrq6-qp2x-fh89",
"modified": "2024-02-06T00:30:27Z",
"published": "2024-02-06T00:30:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0630"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3026269/wp-rss-aggregator"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/93cb3b29-b1a0-4d40-a057-1b41f3b181f2?source=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-XRQ7-65MQ-GCGW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-19 00:31 – Updated: 2024-08-19 00:31Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in webriti Busiprof allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Busiprof: from n/a through 2.4.8.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-43262"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-79"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-08-18T22:15:09Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or \u0027Cross-site Scripting\u0027) vulnerability in webriti Busiprof allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Busiprof: from n/a through 2.4.8.",
"id": "GHSA-xrq7-65mq-gcgw",
"modified": "2024-08-19T00:31:08Z",
"published": "2024-08-19T00:31:08Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43262"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/busiprof/wordpress-busiprof-theme-2-4-8-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-XRQC-5J6Q-6HMG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 03:58 – Updated: 2022-05-17 03:58Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in XZERES 442SR OS on 442SR wind turbines allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-2287"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-79"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2016-03-19T10:59:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in XZERES 442SR OS on 442SR wind turbines allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.",
"id": "GHSA-xrqc-5j6q-6hmg",
"modified": "2022-05-17T03:58:16Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T03:58:16Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2287"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-15-342-01"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-XRQC-P465-2XVG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-06 21:35 – Updated: 2026-07-06 21:35Stored XSS via Structure entry title in table view
Summary
An Author-level control panel user can store a JavaScript payload in an entry title. When an admin, or any control panel user with saveEntries for the same Structure section, drags another entry under the poisoned entry in table view, the payload executes in the victim’s session.
The issue is exploitable because the title is escaped into data-title by the server, decoded again by the browser, read with jQuery .data('title'), and then concatenated into a new HTML string without attribute escaping.
Execution was verified with alert(document.domain). Impact was verified against an elevated admin session by changing the admin user’s email through users/save-user, then using the password-reset flow to take over the account.
Preconditions
- Attacker has
createEntries+saveEntrieson a Structure-type section (Author-style CP account; no admin permission required). - Victim has
saveEntrieson the same section. Craft only renders drag handles whenstructureEditableis true, which requires this permission, so any admin qualifies. - Section must be type Structure. Channel and Single sections are unaffected.
- Poisoned entry must have no children at the time of the drag (fires on the 0-to-1 descendant transition).
- For the email-change account-takeover path, the victim must currently have an elevated session. The stored XSS itself does not require elevation.
Root cause
ElementTableSorter.js lines 643-652:
const ancestorTitle = this._updateAncestors._$ancestor.data('title');
$(
'<button … aria-label="' +
Craft.t('app', 'Show {title} children', {title: ancestorTitle}) +
'"></button>'
).insertAfter(…);
Craft.t with a {title} token calls _parseToken, reaches case 'none': return arg (Craft.js:193-194), and returns the title verbatim. The result is handed to jQuery's $() and parsed as HTML.
The server-side template correctly encodes the entry title into data-title, but the browser decodes that attribute before jQuery returns it from .data('title'). At that point the value is attacker-controlled HTML, and it is inserted into the aria-label attribute without Craft.escapeHtml().
Steps to reproduce
Plant (attacker - Author account):
python3 poc.py --url http://target --cp admin \
--user author@example.com --pass secret --section mySection
Trigger (victim - any control panel user with saveEntries, e.g. admin):
- Open the section index in Table view.
- Drag the "Drag me" entry and drop it as the first child of the poisoned entry.
alert(document.domain) fires in the victim’s session.
Impact payload tested in an elevated admin session (249 chars, within the 255-char title limit):
"><img src=x onerror="fetch(Craft.actionUrl+'users/save-user',{method:'POST',body:Craft.csrfTokenName+'='+encodeURIComponent(Craft.csrfTokenValue)+'&userId=1&email=attacker%40evil.com',headers:{'Content-Type':'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}})">
When triggered during an elevated admin session, the admin’s email is changed to the attacker-controlled address. The attacker can then request a password reset and receive the reset link.
Impact
Stored XSS in the control panel from an Author-level account. The payload runs as the victim control panel user and can use Craft.csrfTokenName / Craft.csrfTokenValue to send same-origin action requests as that user.
In my test environment, triggering the payload in an elevated admin session allowed Author-to-admin account takeover via admin email change and password reset.
Mitigating factors
- Requires an existing control panel account (Author role minimum).
- Victim must perform a drag operation, not just visit the page.
- The demonstrated email-change takeover requires the victim’s session to be elevated at trigger time.
Resources
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/162321e899cc97517fb6f5a02b5528f549d0c6cc
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"name": "craftcms/cms"
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"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "# Stored XSS via Structure entry title in table view\n\n## Summary\n\nAn Author-level control panel user can store a JavaScript payload in an entry title. When an admin, or any control panel user with `saveEntries` for the same Structure section, drags another entry under the poisoned entry in table view, the payload executes in the victim\u2019s session.\n\nThe issue is exploitable because the title is escaped into `data-title` by the server, decoded again by the browser, read with jQuery `.data(\u0027title\u0027)`, and then concatenated into a new HTML string without attribute escaping.\n\nExecution was verified with `alert(document.domain)`. Impact was verified against an elevated admin session by changing the admin user\u2019s email through `users/save-user`, then using the password-reset flow to take over the account.\n\n## Preconditions\n\n- Attacker has `createEntries` + `saveEntries` on a Structure-type section (Author-style CP account; no admin permission required).\n- Victim has `saveEntries` on the same section. Craft only renders drag handles when `structureEditable` is true, which requires this permission, so any admin qualifies.\n- Section must be type Structure. Channel and Single sections are unaffected.\n- Poisoned entry must have no children at the time of the drag (fires on the 0-to-1 descendant transition).\n- For the email-change account-takeover path, the victim must currently have an elevated session. The stored XSS itself does not require elevation.\n\n## Root cause\n\n`ElementTableSorter.js` lines 643-652:\n\n```js\nconst ancestorTitle = this._updateAncestors._$ancestor.data(\u0027title\u0027);\n$(\n \u0027\u003cbutton \u2026 aria-label=\"\u0027 +\n Craft.t(\u0027app\u0027, \u0027Show {title} children\u0027, {title: ancestorTitle}) +\n \u0027\"\u003e\u003c/button\u003e\u0027\n).insertAfter(\u2026);\n```\n\n`Craft.t` with a `{title}` token calls `_parseToken`, reaches `case \u0027none\u0027: return arg` (`Craft.js:193-194`), and returns the title verbatim. The result is handed to jQuery\u0027s `$()` and parsed as HTML.\n\nThe server-side template correctly encodes the entry title into `data-title`, but the browser decodes that attribute before jQuery returns it from `.data(\u0027title\u0027)`. At that point the value is attacker-controlled HTML, and it is inserted into the `aria-label` attribute without `Craft.escapeHtml()`.\n\n## Steps to reproduce\n\n**Plant (attacker - Author account):**\n\n```bash\npython3 poc.py --url http://target --cp admin \\\n --user author@example.com --pass secret --section mySection\n```\n\n**Trigger (victim - any control panel user with `saveEntries`, e.g. admin):**\n\n1. Open the section index in Table view.\n2. Drag the \"Drag me\" entry and drop it as the first child of the poisoned entry.\n\n`alert(document.domain)` fires in the victim\u2019s session.\n\n**Impact payload tested in an elevated admin session (249 chars, within the 255-char title limit):**\n\n```html\n\"\u003e\u003cimg src=x onerror=\"fetch(Craft.actionUrl+\u0027users/save-user\u0027,{method:\u0027POST\u0027,body:Craft.csrfTokenName+\u0027=\u0027+encodeURIComponent(Craft.csrfTokenValue)+\u0027\u0026userId=1\u0026email=attacker%40evil.com\u0027,headers:{\u0027Content-Type\u0027:\u0027application/x-www-form-urlencoded\u0027}})\"\u003e\n```\n\nWhen triggered during an elevated admin session, the admin\u2019s email is changed to the attacker-controlled address. The attacker can then request a password reset and receive the reset link.\n\n## Impact\n\nStored XSS in the control panel from an Author-level account. The payload runs as the victim control panel user and can use `Craft.csrfTokenName` / `Craft.csrfTokenValue` to send same-origin action requests as that user.\n\nIn my test environment, triggering the payload in an elevated admin session allowed Author-to-admin account takeover via admin email change and password reset.\n\n## Mitigating factors\n\n- Requires an existing control panel account (Author role minimum).\n- Victim must perform a drag operation, not just visit the page.\n- The demonstrated email-change takeover requires the victim\u2019s session to be elevated at trigger time.\n\n## Resources\n\nhttps://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/162321e899cc97517fb6f5a02b5528f549d0c6cc",
"id": "GHSA-xrqc-p465-2xvg",
"modified": "2026-07-06T21:35:02Z",
"published": "2026-07-06T21:35:02Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-xrqc-p465-2xvg"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55793"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/162321e899cc97517fb6f5a02b5528f549d0c6cc"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/craftcms/cms"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Craft CMS: Stored XSS via Structure entry title in table view"
}
Mitigation MIT-4
Strategy: Libraries or Frameworks
- Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid [REF-1482].
- Examples of libraries and frameworks that make it easier to generate properly encoded output include Microsoft's Anti-XSS library, the OWASP ESAPI Encoding module, and Apache Wicket.
Mitigation
- Understand the context in which your data will be used and the encoding that will be expected. This is especially important when transmitting data between different components, or when generating outputs that can contain multiple encodings at the same time, such as web pages or multi-part mail messages. Study all expected communication protocols and data representations to determine the required encoding strategies.
- For any data that will be output to another web page, especially any data that was received from external inputs, use the appropriate encoding on all non-alphanumeric characters.
- Parts of the same output document may require different encodings, which will vary depending on whether the output is in the:
- etc. Note that HTML Entity Encoding is only appropriate for the HTML body.
- Consult the XSS Prevention Cheat Sheet [REF-724] for more details on the types of encoding and escaping that are needed.
- HTML body
- Element attributes (such as src="XYZ")
- URIs
- JavaScript sections
- Cascading Style Sheets and style property
Mitigation MIT-6
Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction
Understand all the potential areas where untrusted inputs can enter your software: parameters or arguments, cookies, anything read from the network, environment variables, reverse DNS lookups, query results, request headers, URL components, e-mail, files, filenames, databases, and any external systems that provide data to the application. Remember that such inputs may be obtained indirectly through API calls.
Mitigation MIT-15
For any security checks that are performed on the client side, ensure that these checks are duplicated on the server side, in order to avoid CWE-602. Attackers can bypass the client-side checks by modifying values after the checks have been performed, or by changing the client to remove the client-side checks entirely. Then, these modified values would be submitted to the server.
Mitigation MIT-27
Strategy: Parameterization
If available, use structured mechanisms that automatically enforce the separation between data and code. These mechanisms may be able to provide the relevant quoting, encoding, and validation automatically, instead of relying on the developer to provide this capability at every point where output is generated.
Mitigation MIT-30.1
Strategy: Output Encoding
- Use and specify an output encoding that can be handled by the downstream component that is reading the output. Common encodings include ISO-8859-1, UTF-7, and UTF-8. When an encoding is not specified, a downstream component may choose a different encoding, either by assuming a default encoding or automatically inferring which encoding is being used, which can be erroneous. When the encodings are inconsistent, the downstream component might treat some character or byte sequences as special, even if they are not special in the original encoding. Attackers might then be able to exploit this discrepancy and conduct injection attacks; they even might be able to bypass protection mechanisms that assume the original encoding is also being used by the downstream component.
- The problem of inconsistent output encodings often arises in web pages. If an encoding is not specified in an HTTP header, web browsers often guess about which encoding is being used. This can open up the browser to subtle XSS attacks.
Mitigation MIT-43
With Struts, write all data from form beans with the bean's filter attribute set to true.
Mitigation MIT-31
Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction
To help mitigate XSS attacks against the user's session cookie, set the session cookie to be HttpOnly. In browsers that support the HttpOnly feature (such as more recent versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox), this attribute can prevent the user's session cookie from being accessible to malicious client-side scripts that use document.cookie. This is not a complete solution, since HttpOnly is not supported by all browsers. More importantly, XmlHttpRequest and other powerful browser technologies provide read access to HTTP headers, including the Set-Cookie header in which the HttpOnly flag is set.
Mitigation MIT-5
Strategy: Input Validation
- Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
- When performing input validation, consider all potentially relevant properties, including length, type of input, the full range of acceptable values, missing or extra inputs, syntax, consistency across related fields, and conformance to business rules. As an example of business rule logic, "boat" may be syntactically valid because it only contains alphanumeric characters, but it is not valid if the input is only expected to contain colors such as "red" or "blue."
- Do not rely exclusively on looking for malicious or malformed inputs. This is likely to miss at least one undesirable input, especially if the code's environment changes. This can give attackers enough room to bypass the intended validation. However, denylists can be useful for detecting potential attacks or determining which inputs are so malformed that they should be rejected outright.
- When dynamically constructing web pages, use stringent allowlists that limit the character set based on the expected value of the parameter in the request. All input should be validated and cleansed, not just parameters that the user is supposed to specify, but all data in the request, including hidden fields, cookies, headers, the URL itself, and so forth. A common mistake that leads to continuing XSS vulnerabilities is to validate only fields that are expected to be redisplayed by the site. It is common to see data from the request that is reflected by the application server or the application that the development team did not anticipate. Also, a field that is not currently reflected may be used by a future developer. Therefore, validating ALL parts of the HTTP request is recommended.
- Note that proper output encoding, escaping, and quoting is the most effective solution for preventing XSS, although input validation may provide some defense-in-depth. This is because it effectively limits what will appear in output. Input validation will not always prevent XSS, especially if you are required to support free-form text fields that could contain arbitrary characters. For example, in a chat application, the heart emoticon ("<3") would likely pass the validation step, since it is commonly used. However, it cannot be directly inserted into the web page because it contains the "<" character, which would need to be escaped or otherwise handled. In this case, stripping the "<" might reduce the risk of XSS, but it would produce incorrect behavior because the emoticon would not be recorded. This might seem to be a minor inconvenience, but it would be more important in a mathematical forum that wants to represent inequalities.
- Even if you make a mistake in your validation (such as forgetting one out of 100 input fields), appropriate encoding is still likely to protect you from injection-based attacks. As long as it is not done in isolation, input validation is still a useful technique, since it may significantly reduce your attack surface, allow you to detect some attacks, and provide other security benefits that proper encoding does not address.
- Ensure that you perform input validation at well-defined interfaces within the application. This will help protect the application even if a component is reused or moved elsewhere.
Mitigation MIT-21
Strategy: Enforcement by Conversion
When the set of acceptable objects, such as filenames or URLs, is limited or known, create a mapping from a set of fixed input values (such as numeric IDs) to the actual filenames or URLs, and reject all other inputs.
Mitigation MIT-29
Strategy: Firewall
Use an application firewall that can detect attacks against this weakness. It can be beneficial in cases in which the code cannot be fixed (because it is controlled by a third party), as an emergency prevention measure while more comprehensive software assurance measures are applied, or to provide defense in depth [REF-1481].
Mitigation MIT-16
Strategy: Environment Hardening
When using PHP, configure the application so that it does not use register_globals. During implementation, develop the application so that it does not rely on this feature, but be wary of implementing a register_globals emulation that is subject to weaknesses such as CWE-95, CWE-621, and similar issues.
CAPEC-209: XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch
An adversary creates a file with scripting content but where the specified MIME type of the file is such that scripting is not expected. The adversary tricks the victim into accessing a URL that responds with the script file. Some browsers will detect that the specified MIME type of the file does not match the actual type of its content and will automatically switch to using an interpreter for the real content type. If the browser does not invoke script filters before doing this, the adversary's script may run on the target unsanitized, possibly revealing the victim's cookies or executing arbitrary script in their browser.
CAPEC-588: DOM-Based XSS
This type of attack is a form of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) where a malicious script is inserted into the client-side HTML being parsed by a web browser. Content served by a vulnerable web application includes script code used to manipulate the Document Object Model (DOM). This script code either does not properly validate input, or does not perform proper output encoding, thus creating an opportunity for an adversary to inject a malicious script launch a XSS attack. A key distinction between other XSS attacks and DOM-based attacks is that in other XSS attacks, the malicious script runs when the vulnerable web page is initially loaded, while a DOM-based attack executes sometime after the page loads. Another distinction of DOM-based attacks is that in some cases, the malicious script is never sent to the vulnerable web server at all. An attack like this is guaranteed to bypass any server-side filtering attempts to protect users.
CAPEC-591: Reflected XSS
This type of attack is a form of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) where a malicious script is "reflected" off a vulnerable web application and then executed by a victim's browser. The process starts with an adversary delivering a malicious script to a victim and convincing the victim to send the script to the vulnerable web application.
CAPEC-592: Stored XSS
An adversary utilizes a form of Cross-site Scripting (XSS) where a malicious script is persistently "stored" within the data storage of a vulnerable web application as valid input.
CAPEC-63: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
An adversary embeds malicious scripts in content that will be served to web browsers. The goal of the attack is for the target software, the client-side browser, to execute the script with the users' privilege level. An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute code and scripts. Web browsers, for example, have some simple security controls in place, but if a remote attacker is allowed to execute scripts (through injecting them in to user-generated content like bulletin boards) then these controls may be bypassed. Further, these attacks are very difficult for an end user to detect.
CAPEC-85: AJAX Footprinting
This attack utilizes the frequent client-server roundtrips in Ajax conversation to scan a system. While Ajax does not open up new vulnerabilities per se, it does optimize them from an attacker point of view. A common first step for an attacker is to footprint the target environment to understand what attacks will work. Since footprinting relies on enumeration, the conversational pattern of rapid, multiple requests and responses that are typical in Ajax applications enable an attacker to look for many vulnerabilities, well-known ports, network locations and so on. The knowledge gained through Ajax fingerprinting can be used to support other attacks, such as XSS.