CVE-2026-32986

MEDIUM

Textpattern CMS 4.9.0: Second-Order XSS via Atom Feed Injection

Title source: cna

Description

Textpattern CMS version 4.9.0 contains a second-order cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows attackers to inject malicious scripts by exploiting improper sanitization of user-supplied input in Atom feed XML elements. Attackers can embed unescaped payloads in parameters such as category that are reflected into Atom fields like and , which execute as JavaScript when feed readers or CMS aggregators consume the feed and insert content into the DOM using unsafe methods.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 9.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-116 CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
Textpattern/Textpattern CMS 4.9.0
Published Mar 20, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 20, 2026