๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-44696

MEDIUM 5.7

OpenProject: Stored CSS injection via Sanitize::Config::RELAXED[:css] enables phishing overlays and data exfiltration

CVSS Score
5.7
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

OpenProject is open-source, web-based project management software. Prior to 17.4.0, OpenProject's rich text (markdown) rendering pipeline uses Sanitize::Config::RELAXED[:css] for inline style sanitization. This configuration permits essentially all CSS properties in style attributes on permitted HTML elements (figure, img, table, th, tr, td). This allows any authenticated user with write access to formattable text fields (work package descriptions, comments, project descriptions, news) to inject CSS This vulnerability is fixed in 17.4.0.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor opf
Product openproject
Published Jun 26, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Affected Versions

opf / openproject
< 17.4.0

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/opf/openproject/security/advisories/GHSA-j9q2-49mp-hmq5