CVE-2026-44696

OpenProject: Stored CSS injection via Sanitize::Config::RELAXED[:css] enables phishing overlays and data exfiltration

MEDIUM
5.7
CVSS Score
Published: June 26, 2026 at 07:30 PM UTC
Updated: October 25, 2026 at 05:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenproject

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Severity
MEDIUM5.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
PoC

Description

OpenProject is open-source, web-based project management software. Prior to 17.4.0, OpenProject's rich text (markdown) rendering pipeline uses Sanitize::Config::RELAXED[:css] for inline style sanitization. This configuration permits essentially all CSS properties in style attributes on permitted HTML elements (figure, img, table, th, tr, td). This allows any authenticated user with write access to formattable text fields (work package descriptions, comments, project descriptions, news) to inject CSS This vulnerability is fixed in 17.4.0.

Affected

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

v < 17.4.0
Affected range stops below 17.4.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

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CVSS

5.7MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-79

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