CVE-2026-42612 (GCVE-0-2026-42612)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-11 15:22 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:07
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Title
Grav: Publisher-Level Stored XSS via Unquoted Event Attributes
Summary
Grav is a file-based Web platform. Prior to 2.0.0-beta.2, a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in getgrav/grav allows publisher-level accounts to execute arbitrary JavaScript. The issue arises from a blacklist bypass in the detectXss() function when handling unquoted HTML event attributes. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.0-beta.2.
Severity ?
8.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
getgrav grav Affected: < 2.0.0-beta.2
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