CVE-2026-19744

Stored Cross-site Scripting in Pentestify Markdown renderer via unescaped quotes

Published Aug 13, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Cross-site Scripting in the Markdown renderer in maalfer Pentestify before 2.3.2 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the application origin via a Markdown link whose URL contains a double quote, which closes the anchor's href attribute because the renderer's sanitization step does not escape quotes

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to version 2.3.2 or higher.

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History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:maalfer:pentestify:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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First Time appeared Maalfer
Maalfer pentestify
Vendors & Products Maalfer
Maalfer pentestify
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Cross-site Scripting in the Markdown renderer in maalfer Pentestify before 2.3.2 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the application origin via a Markdown link whose URL contains a double quote, which closes the anchor's href attribute because the renderer's sanitization step does not escape quotes
Title Stored Cross-site Scripting in Pentestify Markdown renderer via unescaped quotes
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Secur0
Published
Updated
Aug 14, 2026, 8:04 AM
Reserved
Aug 13, 2026, 2:08 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 13, 2026, 4:17 PM
Modified
Sep 1, 2026, 8:52 PM