CVE-2026-45315
HIGHOpen WebUI: Stored XSS via attacker-controlled file extension in /api/v1/audio/transcriptions
Title source: cnaDescription
Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.3, the audio transcription upload endpoint takes the file extension from the user-supplied filename and saves the file under CACHE_DIR/audio/transcriptions/.. The /cache/{path} route serves these files via FileResponse, which sets Content-Type from the on-disk extension and emits no Content-Disposition. A verified user with the default-on chat.stt permission can upload a polyglot WAV+HTML file named pwn.html and trick any other user into opening the resulting URL — the response comes back as text/html and any embedded <script> runs in the Open WebUI origin. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.3.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
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https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-m8f9-9whg-f4xr
Scores
CVSS v3
8.7
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
0.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-434
CWE-646
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (3)
open-webui/open-webui
< 0.9.3
openwebui/open_webui
< 0.9.3
pypi/open-webui
0 - 0.9.3PyPI
Published
May 15, 2026
Tracked Since
May 16, 2026