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CVE-2026-40487

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Description

Postiz is an AI social media scheduling tool. Prior to version 2.21.6, a file upload validation bypass allows any authenticated user to upload arbitrary HTML, SVG, or other executable file types to the server by spoofing the `Content-Type` header. The uploaded files are then served by nginx with a Content-Type derived from their original extension (`text/html`, `image/svg+xml`), enabling Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the context of the application's origin. This can lead to session riding, account takeover, and full compromise of other users' accounts. Version 2.21.6 contains a fix.

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.0 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-04-18 02:16:11.670000
Last modified
2026-10-26 21:10:00.170000
View original CVE JSON
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      "value": "Postiz es una herramienta de programación de redes sociales con IA. Antes de la versión 2.21.6, una omisión de la validación de carga de archivos permite a cualquier usuario autenticado cargar tipos de archivos arbitrarios HTML, SVG u otros ejecutables al servidor suplantando el encabezado ’Content-Type’. Los archivos cargados son luego servidos por nginx con un Content-Type derivado de su extensión original (’text/html’, ’image/svg+xml’), lo que permite Cross-Site Scripting Almacenado (XSS) en el contexto del origen de la aplicación. Esto puede llevar a secuestro de sesión, toma de control de cuentas y compromiso total de las cuentas de otros usuarios. La versión 2.21.6 contiene una solución."
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