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GHSA-jp3q-wwp3-pwv9

LowCVSS 2.1 / 10
Published Jan 22, 2026·Last modified Feb 13, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Summary An authenticated, low-privilege user (able to create/edit forms) can inject arbitrary HTML/JS into the Craft Control Panel (CP) builder and integrations views. User-controlled form labels and integration metadata are rendered with dangerouslySetInnerHTML without sanitization, leading to stored XSS that executes when any admin views the builder/integration screens.

Affected Product

  • Ecosystem: Packagist (Craft CMS plugin)
  • Package: solspace/craft-freeform
  • Version: <= 5.14.6 (latest observed). Likely all 5.x until patched.

Details

  • Root cause: Multiple user-controlled strings (field labels, section labels, integration icons, short names, WYSIWYG previews) are injected into React components using dangerouslySetInnerHTML without sanitization.
  • Evidence: dangerouslySetInnerHTML on user-controlled properties in bundled CP JS at packages/plugin/src/Resources/js/client/client.js.

PoCs

  • Label-based XSS:
    1. In Craft CP, create/edit a Freeform field and set its label to <img src=x onerror="alert('xss-label')">.
    2. Open the form builder view containing the field.
    3. Alert executes (stored XSS).
  • Integration icon SVG:
    1. Set an integration "icon SVG" to <svg><script>alert('xss-icon')</script></svg>.
    2. Open the integrations CP view.
    3. Script executes.

Impact Arbitrary JS in admin CP; session/CSRF token theft; potential full admin takeover via DOM-driven actions.

Remediation

  • Sanitize/HTML-encode all user-controlled strings before passing to dangerouslySetInnerHTML, or avoid it for labels/titles/icons.
  • Server-side: strip/escape disallowed tags on save for fields, integration metadata, WYSIWYG content.
  • Add regression tests with <img onerror> payloads to ensure no execution in builder/integration views.

Workarounds

  • Restrict form-edit permissions to trusted admins only until patched.
  • Consider CSP that disallows inline scripts (defense-in-depth only).

Credits

  • Discovered by https://www.linkedin.com/in/praveenkavinda/ | Prav33N-Sec.
Risk Scores
Base Score
2.1

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights.

Threat Intelligence
1.3

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

EPSS
0.25%

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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