Description
changedetection.io is a free open source web page change detection tool. Prior to version 0.54.4, the changedetection.io application allows users to specify XPath expressions as content filters via the include_filters field. These XPath expressions are processed using the elementpath library which implements XPath 3.0/3.1 specification. XPath 3.0 includes the unparsed-text() function which can read arbitrary files from the filesystem. The application does not validate or sanitize XPath expressions to block dangerous functions, allowing an attacker to read any file accessible to the application process. This issue has been patched in version 0.54.4.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/security/advisories/GHSA-6fmw-82m7-jq6p
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/commit/417d57e5749441e4be9acc4010369bded805d66f
Release Notes x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/releases/tag/0.54.4
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
5.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-94
Status
published
Products (2)
pypi/changedetection.io
0 - 0.54.4PyPI
webtechnologies/changedetection
< 0.54.4
Published
Mar 06, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 06, 2026