CVE-2026-42840 PUBLISHED

ERPNext 16.16.0 - Stored XSS in POS customer section via unescaped template literals

Assigner: Fluid Attacks
Reserved: 30.04.2026 Published: 03.06.2026 Updated: 03.06.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
CVSS Score: 5.1

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	Low	Confidentiality	Low
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	Low	Integrity	Low
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	None	Availability	None
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	Passive

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	Frappe
Product	ERPNext
Versions	Default: unaffected Version 16.16.0 is affected

Credits

Fluid Attacks' AI SAST Scanner finder
Oscar Naveda finder

References

Problem Types

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') CWE

Impacts

CAPEC-592 Stored XSS