CVE-2026-89145
Severity CVSS v4.0:
LOW
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
11/09/2026
Last modified:
24/09/2026
Description
Flextype CMS versions 0.9.9 through 1.0.0-alpha.3 fail to HTML-escape plugin directory names in the dependency error page rendered by getValidPluginsDependencies(). Attackers with write access to the plugins directory can create a plugin with HTML characters in its name to execute arbitrary scripts in users' browsers when dependency validation fails.
Impact
Base Score 4.0
2.40
Severity 4.0
LOW
Base Score 3.x
4.20
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://github.com/flextype/flextype
- https://github.com/flextype/flextype/blob/aea4ead8c449ea5517ed53b6dcbd28b0a528ad9d/src/flextype/core/Plugins.php#L345
- https://github.com/flextype/flextype/issues/597
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/flextype-cms-0.9.9-through-1.0.0-alpha.3-stored-xss-via-plugin-directory


