CVE-2026-40230

Helpy contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the knowledge base Doc rendering logic. An authenticated attacker with admin or agent editor privileges can persist arbitrary HTML or JavaScript in the body field of a knowledge base Doc.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/prisioneros	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

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-04-29 16:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:44

NVD link : CVE-2026-40230

Mitre link : CVE-2026-40230

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-40230

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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