ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. Versions 4.28.0 and prior contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in SEO-related fields (SEO Title and Meta Description), where user-controlled input is rendered without proper output encoding into HTML contexts including <title> tags, <meta> attributes, and JSON-LD structured data. An attacker can inject a payload such as "></title><script>alert(1)</script> to break out of the intended HTML context and execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browser of any authenticated user who views the affected page. This can be leveraged to perform authenticated API requests, access sensitive data such as usernames, email addresses, and roles via internal APIs, and exfiltrate it to an attacker-controlled server. This issue has been fixed in version 4.29.0.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-855c-r2vq-c292 Stored XSS in SEO Fields Leads to Authenticated API Data Exposure in ApostropheCMS
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History

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Apostrophecms
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Description ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. Versions 4.28.0 and prior contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in SEO-related fields (SEO Title and Meta Description), where user-controlled input is rendered without proper output encoding into HTML contexts including <title> tags, <meta> attributes, and JSON-LD structured data. An attacker can inject a payload such as "></title><script>alert(1)</script> to break out of the intended HTML context and execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browser of any authenticated user who views the affected page. This can be leveraged to perform authenticated API requests, access sensitive data such as usernames, email addresses, and roles via internal APIs, and exfiltrate it to an attacker-controlled server. This issue has been fixed in version 4.29.0.
Title ApostropheCMS: Stored XSS in SEO Fields Leads to Authenticated API Data Exposure in ApostropheCMS
Weaknesses CWE-116
CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-16T14:14:58.325Z

Reserved: 2026-04-03T20:09:02.826Z

Link: CVE-2026-35569

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-16T14:14:47.166Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-04-15T20:16:36.353

Modified: 2026-04-17T15:08:01.337

Link: CVE-2026-35569

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-16T09:00:05Z

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