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Microweber EUVDEUVD-2026-85220

| CVE-2026-5696 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-09-23 INCIBE GHSA-vvj3-3h3h-g964
5.9
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: INCIBE
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Craft malicious /admin/settings link with payload in 'group'
  2. Exploit
    Phish authenticated admin into clicking
  3. Execution
    Reflected XSS executes in admin browser
  4. Impact
    Steal session or act as admin

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the victim to be an authenticated administrator with access to the Microweber administration panel (PR:H), and requires active user interaction (UI:A) - the admin must open an attacker-crafted URL that injects a payload into the 'group' parameter of the '/admin/settings' endpoint. The reflected nature means the payload lives in the request, so delivery is via phishing/social engineering to a known privileged user rather than a stored/persistent vector. Limiting factors: only administrators are viable targets, the link must be clicked, and there is no impact to the server itself - impact is confined to the victim's browser session (SC:H).

Impact

This is a moderate, low-priority issue whose severity is heavily constrained by its own prerequisites. The vendor CVSS 4.0 vector (5.9, AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N) tells a self-limiting story: exploitation requires HIGH privileges (PR:H - the victim must already be an authenticated administrator) AND active user interaction (UI:A - the admin must click a crafted link). The vulnerable server itself suffers no impact (VC:N/VI:N/VA:N); the only meaningful impact is SC:H, modeling script execution in the victim admin's browser (session theft, actions-on-behalf). There is NO EPSS score, NO CISA KEV listing, and NO public POC referenced - the sole source is an INCIBE-CERT advisory. Exploitation status: no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Because the attacker must trick a user who is ALREADY an authenticated admin, the practical attack surface is narrow (essentially a targeted social-engineering / phishing chain against a known admin), which is far below what the 5.9 network-vector number might superficially suggest. No signals conflict, but note the paradox typical of admin-panel XSS: PR:H means the victim is privileged, yet the attacker themselves needs no credentials - they only need to lure the privileged victim.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a malicious URL targeting the '/admin/settings' endpoint with a JavaScript payload in the 'group' parameter and phishes it to a logged-in Microweber administrator. When the admin opens the link, the reflected payload executes in their authenticated session context, letting the attacker steal the session/cookies or perform admin actions on their behalf. No public POC is referenced; the attack requires the victim to be an authenticated admin and to click the link (UI:A).

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 23, 2026

Reflected cross-site scripting in the Microweber administration panel lets an attacker inject JavaScript through the 'group' parameter of the /admin/settings endpoint, which executes in the browser of an administrator who opens a crafted URL. Exploitation is constrained: the attacker must first trick a logged-in administrator (PR:H) into clicking a malicious link (UI:A), and there is no impact on the server itself - any damage is confined to the victim's browser session, where session hijacking or unauthorized actions in the admin context become possible. An independent assessment rates this as a moderate, low-priority issue, and no public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation was identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch was identified at time of analysis, so remediation currently depends on compensating controls rather than a fixed version. Because the vulnerable endpoint is the administration panel at /admin/settings, the highest-value control is to restrict access to /admin (and specifically /admin/settings) to trusted source IP addresses, a management VPN, or a reverse-proxy allowlist - the trade-off is that administrators can no longer reach the panel from arbitrary networks. Deploying a Content Security Policy that disallows inline and untrusted script sources on the admin origin substantially blunts reflected XSS execution, though it requires careful tuning to avoid breaking the panel's legitimate scripts. A WAF rule that rejects or sanitizes requests carrying script markup in the 'group' parameter of /admin/settings provides interim protection, with the usual caveat that signature-based filtering can be bypassed with encoding tricks. Administrators should also treat unsolicited links to /admin/settings as untrusted, and any fix should ensure server-side output encoding of the 'group' parameter before it is rendered. Monitor https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/multiple-vulnerabilities-microweber-administration-panel for vendor guidance and an eventual patched release.

Affected VersionsENISA

Administration Panel 2.0.19

Affected Packages

euvd administration_panel no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The weakness is CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation, i.e., cross-site scripting) in its reflected variant. The 'group' parameter of the Microweber administration panel's /admin/settings endpoint is echoed back into the generated HTML without adequate output encoding, so a URL containing script markup causes arbitrary JavaScript to run in the context of the Microweber admin origin. Reflected XSS is request-scoped: the payload is not persisted on the server, so delivery depends on social engineering a privileged user into following a link. The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:microweber:administration_panel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* identifies the Microweber administration panel as the affected component without pinning a specific version, implying the advisory covers the panel as deployed rather than a single release. The assessed CVSS:3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) and the CVSS:4.0 vector both confirm network reachability, high privileges required, and user interaction required, with scope change confined to the victim's browser - the server's confidentiality, integrity, and availability are unaffected in the v4.0 scoring.

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Severity by source

Vendor (INCIBE) PRIMARY 5.9 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 4.8 MEDIUM

Reflected XSS reachable only by an authenticated admin (PR:H) who clicks a crafted link (UI:R); browser-context script execution crosses to the user (S:C) with limited C/I and no availability impact.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (INCIBE).

CVSS VectorVendor: INCIBE

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
Active
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
None
Vulnerable system: Integrity
None
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
High
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Microweber. The vulnerability lies in the ‘group’ parameter of the ‘/admin/settings’ endpoint in the administration panel. A successful exploit allows an attacker to trick an authenticated user into executing malicious JavaScript code in their browser. This enables the attacker to perform actions without the victim’s consent, steal confidential information or hijack the user’s session.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 79% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
Microweber is a niche open-source PHP CMS/site-builder, limited enterprise footprint
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

30
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +30
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.

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