CVE-2026-5005
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 · uneditedImproper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') vulnerability in Twiser Informatics Technology Consulting, Trade and Education Inc. OKRs & Goals allows Stored XSS. This issue affects OKRs & Goals: from 28220 before 28398.
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 · moderate confidenceThis is a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the OKRs & Goals web application. User-supplied input is not properly sanitized before being rendered in web pages, allowing malicious scripts to be persistently stored and executed when other users view the affected content.
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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 OKRs & Goals application presenceLocate the OKRs & Goals module in your web application inventory or source code repository. Check application configuration files, dependency manifests (package.json, requirements.txt, pom.xml), or installed modules list for references to 'OKRs', 'Goals', or related packages.Affected if The OKRs & Goals application component is present in your environment.
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Determine installed versionCheck your application's version file, build configuration, or running instance for the exact version number of the OKRs & Goals module. Compare against any released patch versions from the vendor.Affected if The installed version has not been patched to address CVE-2026-5005, or no patched version is available yet.
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Identify user input entry pointsReview the OKRs & Goals application for fields that accept user-supplied content: objective descriptions, key result fields, goal titles, comment sections, and any free-text input areas. Map these endpoints in your application.Affected if User input fields exist in the OKRs & Goals module that accept and store content for later display.
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Test for stored XSS in a non-production environmentSubmit a benign XSS test payload (such as <script>alert('XSS')</script> or <img src=x onerror=alert('XSS')>) to each user input field in the OKRs & Goals module, then log in as a different user and navigate to view that content. Check if the script executes in the browser.Affected if The payload executes and triggers an alert or other script behavior when viewed by another user, confirming the XSS vulnerability is present.
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Inspect stored content for existing injectionsQuery the application's database or examine stored records for the OKRs & Goals module. Look for HTML script tags, event handlers (onerror, onload, onclick), or javascript: URIs in objective, key result, or goal fields.Affected if Malicious script tags or event handlers are found persisted in the database without proper encoding.
Your environment is affected if the OKRs & Goals application is installed and user-supplied content is rendered without proper sanitization, allowing stored scripts to execute when other users view the content.
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.
dbcve · scopedImplement proper input validation and output encoding for all user-supplied content. Apply context-aware sanitization (e.g., HTML encoding, JavaScript escaping) before rendering user input in web pages, and consider implementing Content Security Policy (CSP) headers as defense-in-depth.
28398
- 1. Backup the current OKRs & Goals application and database
- 2. Verify current installed version is within the affected range (28220 to 28397)
- 3. Download version 28398 or later from the vendor's official distribution channel
- 4. Apply the upgrade following the vendor's standard upgrade procedure
- 5. Verify the upgrade was successful by checking the application version
- 6. Test that the XSS vulnerability is no longer exploitable by attempting to inject malicious scripts into OKR/goal input fields
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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