CVE-2026-44541
HIGHFides fides.js - DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via fides_description
Title source: manualDescription
Fides is an open-source privacy engineering platform. From version 2.33.0 to before version 2.84.5, there is a DOM-based XSS vulnerability in fides.js via the fides_description override. This issue has been patched in version 2.84.5.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
X_Refsource_Confirm x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/ethyca/fides/security/advisories/GHSA-5qrq-9645-g5g2
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/ethyca/fides/commit/67e43b10b1096c7f84d5c0eeba08ee3b7846b7cd
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/ethyca/fides/releases/tag/2.84.5
Scores
CVSS v4
7.0
EPSS
0.0030
EPSS Percentile
21.1%
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (2)
ethyca/fides
>= 2.33.0, < 2.84.5
pypi/ethyca-fides
2.33.0 - 2.84.5PyPI
Published
Jun 08, 2026
Tracked Since
Jun 09, 2026