CVE-2026-91942
crawl4ai before 0.9.3 Cross-Site Scripting via innerHTML
Description
crawl4ai before 0.9.3 contains a DOM-based cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Docker Playground UI that assigns untrusted crawl results to element.innerHTML. Attackers can craft malicious PDFs with event-handler markup to execute JavaScript in the Playground origin and steal API tokens from sessionStorage for authenticated API abuse.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 15, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
Last Modified :
Sept. 17, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 | |||||
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM | 83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10 | ||||
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM | MITRE-CVE | ||||
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM | [email protected] | ||||
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM | 83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10 | ||||
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update crawl4ai to version 0.9.3 or later.
- Avoid assigning untrusted data to innerHTML.
- Sanitize user-supplied input before rendering.
- Implement content security policy.
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CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Sep. 17, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/security/advisories/GHSA-7g3g-vhm6-79f3 Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2026-91942', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'poc'}, {'automatable': 'no'}, {'technicalImpact': 'partial'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-09-17T14:51:30.420052Z'} -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Sep. 15, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description crawl4ai before 0.9.3 contains a DOM-based cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Docker Playground UI that assigns untrusted crawl results to element.innerHTML. Attackers can craft malicious PDFs with event-handler markup to execute JavaScript in the Playground origin and steal API tokens from sessionStorage for authenticated API abuse. Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/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 CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Added CWE CWE-79 Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/91xxx/CVE-2026-91942.json">CVE-2026-91942</a> Added Reference https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/security/advisories/GHSA-7g3g-vhm6-79f3 Added Reference https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/crawl4ai-before-0.9.3-cross-site-scripting-via-innerhtml