Readwise Reader for Android contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability due to missing HTML sanitization in its processing of imported document metadata. Attacker-controlled fields such as the author meta tag are inserted into a WebView via innerHTML, enabling stored XSS that executes on synced devices when the malicious document is opened.
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| https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/699627 |
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Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:30:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-79 | |
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Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:45:00 +0000
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| Description | Readwise Reader for Android contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability due to missing HTML sanitization in its processing of imported document metadata. Attacker-controlled fields such as the author meta tag are inserted into a WebView via innerHTML, enabling stored XSS that executes on synced devices when the malicious document is opened. | |
| Title | CVE-2026-18311 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: certcc
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-25T16:58:34.254Z
Reserved: 2026-07-29T17:36:03.706Z
Link: CVE-2026-18311
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-25T17:17:07.657
Modified: 2026-09-25T17:17:07.657
Link: CVE-2026-18311
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Updated: 2026-09-25T18:00:20Z
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