Low

OpenCMS Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability

  • Disclosed: 21.04.2025
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:21

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Create/Modify article function in Alkacon OpenCMS 17.0 allows remote attacker to inject javascript payload via image title sub-field in the image field

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.opencms:opencms-core <= 17.0 no fix

References

CVSS score -
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.opencms:opencms-core
Disclosed
21.04.2025
Updated
11.10.2026 12:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-h75c-f2xx-9vxv - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.opencms:opencms-core

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (31) in the archive
Total entries
31
First → latest
11.2019 05.2026
Without a fix
4
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 3
  • Medium 17
  • Low 11

Disclosures per year

  1. 2019: 4
  2. 2020: 0
  3. 2021: 1
  4. 2022: 15
  5. 2023: 3
  6. 2024: 1
  7. 2025: 3
  8. 2026: 4
Severity:
  1. OpenCMS Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability this entry
    Low CVE-2024-42699 <= 17.0 no fix
  2. High · 7.8 CVE-2019-11819 < 11.0.0 11.0.0

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