Cross-site Scripting in the Markdown renderer in maalfer Pentestify before 2.3.2 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the application origin via a Markdown link whose URL contains a double quote, which closes the anchor's href attribute because the renderer's sanitization step does not escape quotes

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Solution

Upgrade to version 2.3.2 or higher.


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History

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Maalfer
Maalfer pentestify
Vendors & Products Maalfer
Maalfer pentestify

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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Description Cross-site Scripting in the Markdown renderer in maalfer Pentestify before 2.3.2 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the application origin via a Markdown link whose URL contains a double quote, which closes the anchor's href attribute because the renderer's sanitization step does not escape quotes
Title Stored Cross-site Scripting in Pentestify Markdown renderer via unescaped quotes
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Secur0

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-13T17:14:04.767Z

Reserved: 2026-08-13T14:08:42.626Z

Link: CVE-2026-19744

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T17:13:39.575Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-13T16:17:59.903

Modified: 2026-08-13T18:17:26.487

Link: CVE-2026-19744

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T19:45:17Z

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