CVE-2026-38949
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in HTMLy version 3.1.1 in the content creation...
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in HTMLy version 3.1.1 in the content creation functionality at the /add/content?type=image endpoint. The application fails to properly sanitize user input, allowing injection of arbitrary code
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in HTMLy version 3.1.1 in the content creation functionality at the /add/content?type=image endpoint. The application fails to properly sanitize user input, allowing injection of arbitrary code
- Record
CVE-2026-38949- CVSS 3.1
- 8.9 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-26069
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in HTMLy version 3.1.1 in the content creation functionality at the /add/content?type=image endpoint. The application fails to properly sanitize user input, allowing injection of arbitrary code
- Record
EUVD-2026-26069- CVSS 3.1
- 8.9 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-42cc-qc2r-r9fj
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in HTMLy version 3.1.1 in the content creation...
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in HTMLy version 3.1.1 in the content creation functionality at the /add/content?type=image endpoint. The application fails to properly sanitize user input, allowing injection of arbitrary code
- Record
GHSA-42cc-qc2r-r9fj- CVSS 3.1
- 8.9 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in HTMLy version 3.1.1 in the content creation functionality at the /add/content?type=image endpoint. The application fails to properly sanitize user input, allowing injection of arbitrary code
- Record
CVE-2026-38949- CVSS 3.1
- 8.9 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-38949 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.9), published April 28, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 29th percentile. No source names a fixed version.