6.1
MEDIUM CVSS 4.0
CVE-2026-73374
Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Unescaped CNA Reference Tags in vulnerability-lookup
Description

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability existed in Vulnerability-Lookup in the render_tag_badges Jinja filter used to display reference tags associated with vulnerability records. Values from containers.cna.references[].tags[] were directly interpolated into HTML badge elements and the resulting string was wrapped in markupsafe.Markup. Because Markup marks the generated content as safe, Jinja's automatic HTML escaping was bypassed. An authenticated user with permissions to create or modify vulnerability records, such as a user holding the vulnerability:create or vulnerability:modify permission, could submit a crafted reference tag through the CNA API containing arbitrary HTML or JavaScript-capable markup. The malicious value would subsequently be stored as part of the vulnerability record. When another user visited the corresponding public /cve/<id> or /vuln/<id> page, the crafted tag would be rendered as HTML in the viewer's browser. This could result in JavaScript execution in the security context of the Vulnerability-Lookup application. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to perform actions in the context of a victim, access information available to the victim's browser session, or modify page content. As the affected vulnerability pages can be accessed publicly, exploitation may affect users who are not authenticated. The issue was corrected by applying markupsafe.escape() to each reference tag before inserting it into the HTML badge markup, while retaining Markup only for the static HTML scaffolding.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 12, 2026, 3:18 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 12, 2026, 3:18 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

5a6e4751-2f3f-4070-9419-94fb35b644e8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-73374 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.

No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM 5a6e4751-2f3f-4070-9419-94fb35b644e8
CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM 5a6e4751-2f3f-4070-9419-94fb35b644e8
Solution
Sanitize user-supplied input in reference tags before rendering to prevent XSS.
  • Apply markupsafe.escape() to reference tags.
  • Update the render_tag_badges Jinja filter.
  • Do not interpolate untrusted data directly into HTML.
  • Validate all user-submitted data.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/vulnerability-lookup/vulnerability-lookup/commit/d29901655c50cf3c25737d9ea86180268df51b57
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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  • New CVE Received by 5a6e4751-2f3f-4070-9419-94fb35b644e8

    Aug. 12, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'repo': 'https://github.com/vulnerability-lookup/vulnerability-lookup', 'vendor': 'vulnerability-lookup', 'product': 'vulnerability-lookup', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '0', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '5.5.1'}], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}]
    Added Description A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability existed in Vulnerability-Lookup in the render_tag_badges Jinja filter used to display reference tags associated with vulnerability records. Values from containers.cna.references[].tags[] were directly interpolated into HTML badge elements and the resulting string was wrapped in markupsafe.Markup. Because Markup marks the generated content as safe, Jinja's automatic HTML escaping was bypassed. An authenticated user with permissions to create or modify vulnerability records, such as a user holding the vulnerability:create or vulnerability:modify permission, could submit a crafted reference tag through the CNA API containing arbitrary HTML or JavaScript-capable markup. The malicious value would subsequently be stored as part of the vulnerability record. When another user visited the corresponding public /cve/<id> or /vuln/<id> page, the crafted tag would be rendered as HTML in the viewer's browser. This could result in JavaScript execution in the security context of the Vulnerability-Lookup application. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to perform actions in the context of a victim, access information available to the victim's browser session, or modify page content. As the affected vulnerability pages can be accessed publicly, exploitation may affect users who are not authenticated. The issue was corrected by applying markupsafe.escape() to each reference tag before inserting it into the HTML badge markup, while retaining Markup only for the static HTML scaffolding.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CWE CWE-79
    Added Reference https://github.com/vulnerability-lookup/vulnerability-lookup/commit/d29901655c50cf3c25737d9ea86180268df51b57
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