Ready Video POC:

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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 0.28.6.0"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "ci4-cms-erp/ci4ms"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.31.0.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-34569"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-04-01T22:07:37Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-04-01T22:16:20Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "## Summary\n### **Vulnerability: Stored DOM XSS via Blog Category Title (Persistent Payload Injection)**\n- Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Unsanitized Blog Category Title in Blog Management\n\n### Description\nThe application fails to properly sanitize user-controlled input when creating or editing blog categories. An attacker can inject a malicious JavaScript payload into the category title field, which is then stored server-side.\n\nThis stored payload is later rendered unsafely across public-facing blog category pages, administrative interfaces, and blog post views without proper output encoding, leading to stored cross-site scripting (XSS).\n\n### Affected Functionality\n- Blog category creation functionality\n- Blog category editing functionality\n- Blog category storage and retrieval logic\n\n### Attack Scenario\n- An attacker creates or edits a blog category title to include a malicious XSS payload.\n- The application stores this value without sanitization or encoding.\n- The payload persists and executes whenever the category title is rendered in affected views.\n\n### Impact\n- Persistent Stored XSS\n- Execution of arbitrary JavaScript in victims\u2019 browsers\n- Privilege escalation when viewed by administrators or privileged users\n- Full administrator account takeover\n- Full account takeover across all roles\n- Full compromise of the entire application\n\nEndpoints:\n- `/backend/blogs/categories/`\n- `/blog/{id}`\n\n## Steps To Reproduce (POC)\n1. Go to the Blog Categories management page\n2. Create or edit a category and insert an XSS payload into the category title such as:\n`\u003cimg src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)\u003e`\n3. Save the category\n4. View a public blog category page, blog post page, or the administrative interface\n5. Notice the XSS payload executing automatically\n\n## Remediation\n\n- **Avoid unsafe DOM manipulation methods:** Do not use `.html()`, `innerHTML`, or similar sink functions in client-side JavaScript or server-side templating (e.g., PHP). Even when user input flowing into these sinks is not immediately apparent, they can introduce Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities that an attacker may exploit.\n\n- **Apply output encoding:** Implement HTML entity encoding on all user-controlled data before rendering it in the browser. This helps neutralize potentially malicious input.\n\n- **Implement input sanitization:** Ensure that all user-supplied input is properly sanitized before processing or output. Currently, no sanitization mechanisms are in place, which should be addressed as a priority.\n\n- **Enforce security headers and cookie attributes:**\n  - **Content Security Policy (CSP):** Define and enforce a strict CSP to limit the execution of unauthorized scripts.\n  - **HttpOnly flag:** Set the `HttpOnly` attribute on session cookies to prevent client-side script access.\n  - **SameSite attribute:** Configure the `SameSite` cookie attribute to mitigate Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) risks.\n  - **Secure flag:** Ensure all cookies are transmitted only over HTTPS by enabling the `Secure` attribute.\n\n  These measures collectively reduce the impact of XSS and help prevent escalation paths such as CSRF via XSS.\n\n# Ready Video POC:\nhttps://mega.nz/file/GAFC3AJY#3LHyuyl7I7921UEeA-JlUYdckh6zGLCTy-6w9BNzSmQ",
  "id": "GHSA-fhrf-q333-82fm",
  "modified": "2026-04-06T17:14:44Z",
  "published": "2026-04-01T22:07:37Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ci4-cms-erp/ci4ms/security/advisories/GHSA-fhrf-q333-82fm"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34569"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/ci4-cms-erp/ci4ms"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ci4-cms-erp/ci4ms/releases/tag/0.31.0.0"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "CI4MS: Blogs Categories Full Account Takeover for All-Roles \u0026 Privilege-Escalation via Stored DOM XSS"
}