CVE-2026-38569
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedHireFlow v1.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in candidate_detail.html via the Resume or Feedback Comment fields via POST /candidates/add or POST /feedback/add.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceHireFlow v1.2 contains a stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the candidate_detail.html page. User-supplied input in the Resume or Feedback Comment fields submitted via POST /candidates/add or POST /feedback/add endpoints is not properly sanitized before being rendered, allowing injection of malicious JavaScript that executes when other users view candidate details.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify HireFlow versionLocate the version identifier for the installed HireFlow instance (check application metadata, version file, or admin interface)Affected if The installed version is v1.2 or falls within the affected version range
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Verify /candidates/add endpoint existsCheck if the POST /candidates/add endpoint is accessible in the deployed application (review application routing or test with a probe request)Affected if The endpoint exists and accepts POST requests with Resume field input
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Verify /feedback/add endpoint existsCheck if the POST /feedback/add endpoint is accessible in the deployed application (review application routing or test with a probe request)Affected if The endpoint exists and accepts POST requests with Feedback Comment field input
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Inspect candidate_detail.html for unsanitized output renderingExamine the candidate_detail.html template or page source to determine if Resume or Feedback Comment fields are rendered without output encoding or HTML sanitizationAffected if The page renders user-supplied input from these fields directly into HTML without encoding
A user is affected if their HireFlow installation is version 1.2 (or within the affected range) AND the application exposes the vulnerable /candidates/add or /feedback/add endpoints that render unsanitized Resume or Feedback Comment content in candidate_detail.html.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement server-side input validation and output encoding/HTML sanitization for all user-supplied content in the Resume and Feedback Comment fields before storage and before rendering in candidate_detail.html.
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