CVE-2026-19716

Stored Cross-site Scripting in Pentestify user account deletion via unescaped username

MEDIUM
5.1
CVSS Score
Published: August 13, 2026 at 01:28 PM UTC
Updated: October 23, 2026 at 06:10 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsPentestifyPentestify

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Severity
MEDIUM5.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Stored Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) in the user management component in maalfer Pentestify before 1.1.1 allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browser of another authenticated user via a crafted username, because the frontend escapes the username with escapeHTML() before interpolating it into the onclick attribute of the account deletion button, but the browser HTML-decodes attribute values before the JavaScript engine parses the handler, allowing an encoded single quote (') to break out of the string literal and inject arbitrary JavaScript that executes when the victim clicks the delete button for that account.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

0 ≤ v < 1.1.10
Affected range stops below 1.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versions

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

5.1MEDIUMSecur0
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-79

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