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1 vulnerability by Postorius project

CVE-2026-44742 (GCVE-0-2026-44742)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-07 18:09 – Updated: 2026-05-08 06:25
VLAI?
Summary
Postorius through 1.3.13 does not escape HTML in the message subject when rendering it in the Held messages pop-up, as exploited in the wild in May 2026.
Severity ?
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Postorius project Postorius Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.3.13 (semver)
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