Medium

Stored XSS in PySpector HTML Report Generation leads to Javascript Code Execution

  • Disclosed: 18.03.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 14:18

Summary

PySpector versions <= 0.1.6 are affected by a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HTML report generator. When PySpector scans a Python file containing JavaScript payloads (i.e. inside a string passed to eval() ), the flagged code snippet is interpolated into the HTML report without sanitization. Opening the generated report in a browser causes the embedded JavaScript to execute in the browser's local file context.

Impact

An attacker can craft a malicious Python file (for example, hosted in a public repository), designed to be scanned by PySpector. When a victim scans this file and opens the resulting HTML report, arbitrary JavaScript executes in their browser. While the file:// context limits the attacker's ability to exfiltrate cookies or make credentialed requests, the following is still achievable:

  • Arbitrary DOM manipulation
  • Redirects to attacker-controlled pages
  • Theft of locally accessible data via fetch() or XMLHttpRequest to file:// paths (browser-dependent)

Any user of PySpector who scans untrusted code and generates HTML reports, is potentially affected.

PoC

The following steps reproduce the vulnerability on PySpector <= 0.1.6:

  1. Create a malicious Python file containing a JavaScript payload embedded in a string argument to eval(), and run PySpector against the file, generating an HTML report: <img width="871" height="752" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1b0a57f2-3632-4347-a9b7-6a94dc2e82b2" />
  2. Open the generated HTML report in any browser: <img width="1920" height="920" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a4075c4a-6153-41b4-ad77-81d009d7a9f8" />

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) pyspector < 0.1.7 0.1.7

References

CVSS score -
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
pyspector
Disclosed
18.03.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 14:18

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-3029 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-2gmv-2r3v-jxj2 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: pyspector

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

Total entries
3
First → latest
03.2026 04.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 1
  • Medium 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2026: 3
  1. Stored XSS in PySpector HTML Report Generation leads to Javascript Code Execution this entry
    Medium CVE-2026-33140 < 0.1.7 0.1.7

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