WriteFreely before 0.17.3 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated authors to inject HTML by supplying a malicious post slug via the CreatePost API. The raw slug is concatenated into an anchor by augmentReadingDestination() for paid-shortcode posts, executing script for RSS/Atom feed readers, newsletter recipients and ActivityPub viewers.
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Wed, 11 Nov 2026 01:15:00 +0000

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Description WriteFreely before 0.17.3 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated authors to inject HTML by supplying a malicious post slug via the CreatePost API. The raw slug is concatenated into an anchor by augmentReadingDestination() for paid-shortcode posts, executing script for RSS/Atom feed readers, newsletter recipients and ActivityPub viewers.
Title WriteFreely before 0.17.3 Stored XSS via Unsanitized Post Slug
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-11T00:58:50.974Z

Reserved: 2026-11-10T21:45:21.807Z

Link: CVE-2026-126498

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-11T01:17:14.790

Modified: 2026-11-11T01:17:14.790

Link: CVE-2026-126498

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