CVE-2026-63135

YOURLS: Stored XSS in referrer statistics chart via crafted Referer header

State
Published
Severity
8.2 High
Published
Aug 21, 2026
Updated
Aug 26, 2026
Reserved
Jul 15, 2026

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Description

YOURLS is a self-hosted, customizable URL shortener written in PHP. From 1.5.1 until 1.10.4, YOURLS stores the HTTP Referer header through yourls_get_referrer(), yourls_sanitize_url_safe(), and yourls_log_redirect(), then aggregates the value in yourls-infos.php and passes the derived domain through yourls_get_domain(), yourls_stats_pie(), and yourls_google_array_to_data_table(). The chart builder concatenates labels into inline JavaScript without JavaScript-string escaping, so an unauthenticated attacker can poison the statistics of an existing short URL with a crafted referrer. When an administrator or public stats-page viewer opens the affected statistics page, attacker-controlled JavaScript executes in the YOURLS origin and can access admin-visible data, the API signature token, and privileged same-origin actions. This issue is fixed in version 1.10.4.

Scores

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

Weaknesses

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
YOURLSYOURLS
  • >= 1.5.1, < 1.10.4Affected

References

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