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Cross-site Scripting (XSS)Weakness · CWE-79

CVE-2026-59238

MEDIUM · 6.9 CVSS v4.0 Developing Published 2026-07-20
Patch available
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78/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click Patch available 4 weeks old

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 · unedited
Stored Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) in the client-side report rendering functions (renderPreview, renderEditor, renderAuditData in js/app.js) in maalfer Pentestify before 1.1.0 allows a remote, authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browser of any user who views an affected report via a payload stored in a finding's images array or a report's client_logo array, which is interpolated into an <img> src attribute without escaping.

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 · low confidence
Developing — this CVE was published recently and its authoritative NVD entry is still being established, so we're holding a technical summary until the source data settles rather than publish something unreliable. Re-checking after 2026-08-03.

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
None
Authentication
X
User interaction
None
Scope
X

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Recommended fix Moderate confidence

1.1.0

  1. 1. Identify the current version of maalfer Pentestify installed in your environment
  2. 2. Obtain version 1.1.0 or later of maalfer Pentestify from the official distribution channel
  3. 3. Backup your current installation including the database and configuration files
  4. 4. Deploy version 1.1.0 following the standard upgrade procedure for your deployment method
  5. 5. Verify that the renderPreview, renderEditor, and renderAuditData functions in js/app.js now properly escape user-supplied content before inserting into <img> src attributes
  6. 6. Test that stored payloads in finding images array and report client_logo array are rendered safely without executing JavaScript
  7. 7. Confirm all users can view affected reports without security warnings or script execution

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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