CVE-2026-35569

ApostropheCMS: Stored XSS in SEO Fields Leads to Authenticated API Data Exposure in ApostropheCMS

State
Published
Severity
8.7 High
Published
Apr 15, 2026
Updated
May 14, 2026
Reserved
Apr 3, 2026

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Description

ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. Versions 4.28.0 and prior contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in SEO-related fields (SEO Title and Meta Description), where user-controlled input is rendered without proper output encoding into HTML contexts including <title> tags, <meta> attributes, and JSON-LD structured data. An attacker can inject a payload such as "></title><script>alert(1)</script> to break out of the intended HTML context and execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browser of any authenticated user who views the affected page. This can be leveraged to perform authenticated API requests, access sensitive data such as usernames, email addresses, and roles via internal APIs, and exfiltrate it to an attacker-controlled server. This issue has been fixed in version 4.29.0.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
  • CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Affected Products

ProductVersions
apostropheapostrophecms
  • < 4.29.0Affected

References

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