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CVE-2026-55876

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Description

Helium is a free online student planner for classes, homework, grades, and notes. Prior to 2.2.60, the POST /planner/attachments/ endpoint allows authenticated users to upload SVG and HTML attachments because conf/configs/common.py omits those formats from BLOCKED_ATTACHMENT_EXTENSIONS and BLOCKED_ATTACHMENT_MIME_TYPES, and helium/planner/serializers/attachmentserializer.py relies on those blocklists. An uploaded SVG served as image/svg+xml can execute embedded script when a visitor opens its public attachment URL, allowing persistent attacker-controlled active content and phishing under an application-managed storage URL. The attachment storage uses a separate origin from the application, so same-origin policy prevents the script from reading application cookies or storage, and application-session compromise is not supported by the maintained deployment configuration. This issue is fixed in version 2.2.60.

Severity
LOW
CVSS score
3.5 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-15 18:17:28.307000
Last modified
2026-10-21 01:17:39.250000
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  "id": "CVE-2026-55876",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-15T18:17:28.307",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-21T01:17:39.250",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Helium is a free online student planner for classes, homework, grades, and notes. Prior to 2.2.60, the POST /planner/attachments/ endpoint allows authenticated users to upload SVG and HTML attachments because conf/configs/common.py omits those formats from BLOCKED_ATTACHMENT_EXTENSIONS and BLOCKED_ATTACHMENT_MIME_TYPES, and helium/planner/serializers/attachmentserializer.py relies on those blocklists. An uploaded SVG served as image/svg+xml can execute embedded script when a visitor opens its public attachment URL, allowing persistent attacker-controlled active content and phishing under an application-managed storage URL. The attachment storage uses a separate origin from the application, so same-origin policy prevents the script from reading application cookies or storage, and application-session compromise is not supported by the maintained deployment configuration. This issue is fixed in version 2.2.60."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "HeliumEdu",
          "product": "platform",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "< 2.2.60",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
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      {
        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Secondary",
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          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
          "baseScore": 3.5,
          "baseSeverity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE"
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        "exploitabilityScore": 2.1,
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  "weaknesses": [
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      "type": "Secondary",
      "description": [
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          "value": "CWE-79"
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  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/HeliumEdu/platform/commit/f0de5c985c701942758b805a3d11dfb008a6af88",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/HeliumEdu/platform/security/advisories/GHSA-7r65-76fw-ch5c",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
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}