CVE-2026-44696 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 07.05.2026 Published: 26.06.2026 Updated: 27.06.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.7

Product Status

Vendor opf
Product openproject
Versions
  • Version < 17.4.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

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