8.2
HIGH CVSS 3.0
CVE-2026-48788
Remark42: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) on /api/v1/img via content-type spoofing
Description

Remark42 is a self-hosted comment engine for blogs, articles, or any other place where readers can add comments. Versions 1.6.0 through 1.15.0 contain a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable through content-type spoofing. The Remark42 image proxy fetches an arbitrary remote URL and re-serves the response from Remark42's own origin. During the download phase, the proxy determines whether the resource is an image by inspecting only the Content-Type header advertised by the remote server, never examining the actual bytes; during the serving phase, it instead derives the response Content-Type by sniffing those bytes with http.DetectContentType. An attacker can exploit this inconsistency by hosting a URL that advertises Content-Type: image/png while returning an HTML/JavaScript body: the download check accepts it as an image, the serving path sniffs the body and emits Content-Type: text/html, and the browser renders the attacker-controlled HTML/JavaScript as a document within Remark42's origin. Exploitation requires no Remark42 account on the target instance; the attacker only needs to host the malicious upstream URL and deliver the proxy link to a victim by any means, such as email, direct message, or a link on another website. This issue has been fixed in version 1.16.0.

INFO

Published Date :

June 17, 2026, 1:20 p.m.

Last Modified :

June 17, 2026, 4:28 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-48788 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Remark42 remark42
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CVSS 3.0 HIGH MITRE-CVE
CVSS 3.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Update Remark42 to version 1.16.0 to fix the XSS vulnerability.
  • Update Remark42 to version 1.16.0 or later.
  • Configure the image proxy to use stricter content validation.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Jun. 17, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/umputun/remark42/security/advisories/GHSA-4c8j-mgm4-qqvp
    Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2026-48788', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'poc'}, {'automatable': 'no'}, {'technicalImpact': 'partial'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-06-17T13:19:50.596883Z'}
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jun. 17, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'vendor': 'umputun', 'product': 'remark42', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '>= 1.6.0, < 1.16.0'}]}]
    Added Description Remark42 is a self-hosted comment engine for blogs, articles, or any other place where readers can add comments. Versions 1.6.0 through 1.15.0 contain a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable through content-type spoofing. The Remark42 image proxy fetches an arbitrary remote URL and re-serves the response from Remark42's own origin. During the download phase, the proxy determines whether the resource is an image by inspecting only the Content-Type header advertised by the remote server, never examining the actual bytes; during the serving phase, it instead derives the response Content-Type by sniffing those bytes with http.DetectContentType. An attacker can exploit this inconsistency by hosting a URL that advertises Content-Type: image/png while returning an HTML/JavaScript body: the download check accepts it as an image, the serving path sniffs the body and emits Content-Type: text/html, and the browser renders the attacker-controlled HTML/JavaScript as a document within Remark42's origin. Exploitation requires no Remark42 account on the target instance; the attacker only needs to host the malicious upstream URL and deliver the proxy link to a victim by any means, such as email, direct message, or a link on another website. This issue has been fixed in version 1.16.0.
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-79
    Added CWE CWE-436
    Added Reference https://github.com/umputun/remark42/commit/78d6de6bce1e961f023969da3ec8a00dd80c9ae8
    Added Reference https://github.com/umputun/remark42/releases/tag/v1.16.0
    Added Reference https://github.com/umputun/remark42/security/advisories/GHSA-4c8j-mgm4-qqvp
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