CVE-2026-19744

Cross-site Scripting in the Markdown renderer in maalfer Pentestify before 2.3.2 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the application origin via a Markdown link whose URL contains a double quote, which closes the anchor's href attribute because the renderer's sanitization step does not escape quotes

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/ccyl13/Pentestify/commit/272f7d6033fd93fbc858835f55d616157041f123
https://github.com/ccyl13/Pentestify/releases/tag/v2.3.2
https://secur0.com/en/cna/cve-list/cve-2026-19744-stored-xss-in-pentestify-markdown-renderer-via-unescaped-quotes

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-13 16:17

Updated : 2026-09-01 20:52

NVD link : CVE-2026-19744

Mitre link : CVE-2026-19744

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-19744

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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