CVE-2026-23840
Movary vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting with `?categoryDeleted=` param
Movary is a web application to track, rate and explore your movie watch history. Due to insufficient input validation, attackers can trigger cross-site scripting payloads in versions prior to 0.70.0. The vulnerable parameter is ?categoryDeleted=. Version 0.70.0 fixes the issue.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
9.3
Movary vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting with `?categoryDeleted=` param
Movary is a web application to track, rate and explore your movie watch history. Due to insufficient input validation, attackers can trigger cross-site scripting payloads in versions prior to 0.70.0. The vulnerable parameter is ?categoryDeleted=. Version 0.70.0 fixes the issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-23840- CVSS 3.1
- 9.3 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-3301
9.3
Movary is a web application to track, rate and explore your movie watch history. Due to insufficient input validation, attackers can trigger cross-site scripting payloads in versions prior to 0.70.0. The vulnerable parameter is ?categoryDeleted=. Version 0.70.0 fixes the issue.
- Record
EUVD-2026-3301- CVSS 3.1
- 9.3 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
9.3
Movary is a web application to track, rate and explore your movie watch history. Due to insufficient input validation, attackers can trigger cross-site scripting payloads in versions prior to 0.70.0. The vulnerable parameter is ?categoryDeleted=. Version 0.70.0 fixes the issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-23840- CVSS 3.1
- 9.3 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
9.3
Movary vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting with `?categoryDeleted=` param
Movary is a web application to track, rate and explore your movie watch history. Due to insufficient input validation, attackers can trigger cross-site scripting payloads in versions prior to 0.70.0. The vulnerable parameter is ?categoryDeleted=. Version 0.70.0 fixes the issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-23840- CVSS 3.1
- 9.3 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-23840 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Leepeuker Movary, published January 19, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.29%, the 22nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/leepeuker/movary/security/advisories/GHSA-pj3m-gmq8-2r57
github.com/leepeuker/movary/blob/main/public/js/settings-account-location.js
github.com/leepeuker/movary/releases/tag/0.70.0
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23840.json
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23840