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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
AV:N and PR:N because attacker only needs to host a malicious URL; UI:R reflects mandatory CMS editor interaction; no availability impact applies.
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Silverstripe Framework is a PHP framework which powers the Silverstripe CMS. In versions prior to 6.2.2, the "Insert media from web" functionality in the CMS is vulnerable to XSS from a specially crafted embed. This issue was fixed in version 6.2.2/
AnalysisAI
Cross-site scripting in Silverstripe Framework's 'Insert media from web' CMS feature allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious JavaScript by supplying a specially crafted embed URL that a CMS editor then inserts into content. All Silverstripe Framework installations prior to version 6.2.2 are affected. No public exploit code has been identified and this vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, but the low attack complexity and network accessibility make it a credible risk for any deployment where CMS editors process externally sourced media.
Technical ContextAI
Silverstripe Framework is a PHP-based web application framework that powers the Silverstripe CMS. The affected component is the 'Insert media from web' embed functionality, which allows authenticated CMS editors to embed externally hosted media by providing a URL. CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) identifies the root cause: the framework fails to properly sanitize or encode the embed content returned from an external source before rendering it in the browser, allowing injected HTML or JavaScript to execute. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:silverstripe:silverstripe-framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, covering all versions of the framework prior to 6.2.2 in the 6.x line.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Silverstripe Framework to version 6.2.2, which contains the vendor-released patch for this issue. Details are available in the official security release at https://www.silverstripe.org/download/security-releases/cve-2026-54720 and the GitHub advisory at https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-framework/security/advisories/GHSA-gvrw-qqp5-jgc5. If an immediate upgrade is not possible, restrict CMS editor access so that only fully trusted users can use the 'Insert media from web' feature, reducing the attack surface by limiting who can insert externally sourced embeds. Disabling the embed/media-from-web feature entirely via CMS configuration is an effective compensating control with the trade-off of losing that editorial capability. Content Security Policy (CSP) headers can also limit the impact of any injected scripts by restricting script sources, though this does not eliminate the vulnerability.
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External POC / Exploit Code
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EUVD-2026-41144
GHSA-gvrw-qqp5-jgc5