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CVE-2026-42840

MediumCVSS 5.1 / 10
Published Jun 3, 2026·Last modified Jul 8, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

An authenticated user can persist arbitrary HTML/JavaScript in the email_id or mobile_no fields of a Customer record and trigger unescaped rendering in the Point of Sale (POS) interface for every operator who selects that customer. This issue affects ERPNext: 16.16.0.

Risk Scores
Base Score
5.1

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges.

Threat Intelligence
1.2

Limited exploitation activity has been observed. Close monitoring and planned remediation are recommended.

EPSS
0.24%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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