CVE-2026-76983

Improper neutralization of input during web page generation in Apache Wicket. The <wicket:label> tag is provided by org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.AutoLabelTextResolver, which is registered by default in every WebApplication. The resolver writes the label it finds into the markup as it is, and reads no escaping setting at all, so markup in a label is rendered as markup. When the label comes from the labelled component's label model, set through FormComponent#setLabel(IModel), it is written to the markup unescaped. An application is affected where the label of a form component holds data an attacker can influence. Wicket cannot determine where a model value comes from, so whether it reaches the page from a request or from storage is a property of the application. There is no workaround. Unlike every other rendering path in Wicket, the resolver never consulted the escape-model-strings setting, so an application had no way to ask for the label to be escaped. The body of a <wicket:label> tag is markup by design and is not affected; it remains the supported way to place markup in a label. This issue affects Apache Wicket: from 8.0.0 through 8.18.0, from 9.0.0 through 9.23.0, from 10.0.0 through 10.10.0. Older, unsupported releases from 1.5.0 onwards are also affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 8.19.0, 9.24.0 or 10.11.0, which fix the issue.
References
Link Resource
https://lists.apache.org/thread/lfc9s9qkgxhm8ffscp9b7gjfgj47g25h Vendor Advisory Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/31/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:apache:wicket:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:wicket:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:wicket:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Information

Published : 2026-08-31 12:17

Updated : 2026-09-01 18:07


NVD link : CVE-2026-76983

Mitre link : CVE-2026-76983

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-76983


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Products Affected

apache

  • wicket
CWE
CWE-79

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