CVE-2026-40229

Helpy contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the post author display logic. Any registered user can persist arbitrary HTML in their account name field and cause it to be rendered unescaped in public forum threads where they participate, in the admin ticket view, and in HTML notification emails sent to other users.This issue affects helpy: 2.8.0.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://fluidattacks.com/es/advisories/offspring	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/helpyio/helpy	Product

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:helpy.io:helpy:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

26 Oct 2026, 20:10

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) Helpy contiene una vulnerabilidad de cross-site scripting almacenada en la lógica de visualización del autor de la publicación. Cualquier usuario registrado puede persistir HTML arbitrario en su campo de nombre de cuenta y hacer que se renderice sin escapar en hilos de foros públicos donde participan, en la vista de tickets del administrador y en correos electrónicos de notificación HTML enviados a otros usuarios. Este problema afecta a helpy: 2.8.0.

Information

Published : 2026-04-29 16:16

Updated : 2026-10-26 20:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-40229

Mitre link : CVE-2026-40229

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-40229

JSON object : View

Products Affected

helpy.io

helpy

CWE

CWE-79

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

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