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Shaarli CVE-2026-50190

| EUVDEUVD-2026-63551 HIGH
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-08-20 GitHub_M
8.6
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: GitHub_M
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Vendor (GitHub_M) PRIMARY
8.6 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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9.6 CRITICAL

Network-delivered stored XSS requires no attacker privileges (PR:N) but requires admin UI interaction to plant the payload (UI:R); scope changes (S:C) because the stored payload fires for all subsequent visitors beyond the bookmarking administrator.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVSS VectorVendor: GitHub_M

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
A
Scope
X

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Analysis Generated
Aug 20, 2026 - 19:33 vuln.today
Patch available
Aug 20, 2026 - 19:03 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 20, 2026 - 18:49 cve.org
HIGH 8.6

DescriptionCVE.org

Shaarli is a personal bookmarking service. Versions prior to 0.16.3 are vulnerable to stored XSS in application/front/controller/visitor/BookmarkListController.php. The permalink handler concatenates the raw $bookmark->getTitle() into the pagetitle template variable and the RainTPL template emits it into the document <title> element without HTML escaping. A bookmark title containing </title><script>...</script> closes the document title early and the injected script executes in the Shaarli origin for any visitor of /shaare/{hash}. Shaarli's metadata fetcher copies a remote page's <title> text verbatim into the local bookmark title, so an attacker who hosts an attacker-controlled URL and convinces an administrator to bookmark it plants the payload with no further interaction - and the resulting permalink fires for every visitor including the administrator on first save, providing a one-shot administrator account takeover. Version 0.16.3 fixes the issue.

AnalysisAI

Stored XSS in Shaarli versions prior to 0.16.3 enables administrator account takeover through a low-effort social engineering chain requiring only that an administrator bookmark an attacker-controlled URL. The permalink handler in BookmarkListController.php writes raw bookmark titles into the HTML <title> element without HTML escaping, and Shaarli's built-in metadata fetcher copies remote page titles verbatim - meaning an attacker who controls a webpage's title silently plants a persistent payload the moment any admin bookmarks that URL. …

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Exploitation Two sequential conditions must be met. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 4.0 score of 8.6 with vector AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L accurately captures the real-world risk profile. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
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Remediation Upgrade Shaarli to version 0.16.3, which resolves the issue by applying proper HTML escaping to bookmark titles before they are rendered into the HTML <title> element. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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Within 24 hours, identify all Shaarli installations in your environment and determine their current versions; any instance running versions prior to 0.16.3 is vulnerable. …

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