CVE-2026-48531
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
GFI Archiver before 15.13 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Retention Policy configuration that allows authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the policy name parameter to /Archiver/RetentionPolicyWizard.aspx. The injected payload is stored by RetentionPolicyWizard.SaveAllConfigSettings() without output encoding and is executed in the browsers of users who subsequently view the Retention and Spam Policies page.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.1
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-23 16:17:25.403000
Last modified
2026-10-24 13:10:00.147000
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"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-07-23T16:17:25.403",
"lastModified": "2026-10-24T13:10:00.147",
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}
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"source": "[email protected]",
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"url": "https://gfi.ai/products-and-solutions/network-security-solutions/archiver/resources/documentation/product-releases",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"source": "[email protected]"
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