CVE-2026-85227 PUBLISHED

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in MISP Event Filtering via taggedAttributes and galaxyAttachedAttributes Parameters

Assigner: CIRCL
Reserved: 03.09.2026 Published: 03.09.2026 Updated: 03.09.2026

MISP contains a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the event attribute filtering query builder. The taggedAttributes and galaxyAttachedAttributes URL parameters were inserted into the query-builder rules without HTML escaping before being serialized as JSON and embedded inside a <script> element.

Because JsonTool::encode() uses JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES, an attacker-controlled value containing a closing </script> sequence could terminate the surrounding script element and inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript. For example, a specially crafted viewEventAttributes URL could contain malicious content in one of the affected filter parameters.

An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by convincing an authenticated MISP user to follow a crafted URL. Successful exploitation would execute attacker-controlled JavaScript in the security context of the MISP instance and with the privileges of the victim's authenticated browser session. This could allow access to information available to the victim, modification of data through authenticated requests, or other actions permitted by the victim's MISP permissions.

The vulnerability is addressed by applying HTML escaping with h() to both scalar and array values before they are inserted into the DOM.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H
CVSS Score: 6.1

Product Status

Vendor misp
Product misp
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.5.45 (incl.)

Credits

  • Andras Iklody remediation developer
  • elhoim finder

References

Problem Types

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

Impacts

  • CAPEC-63 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)