CVE-2026-75626
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
SpiderFoot fails to HTML-escape correlation titles built from external scan data sources including server banners and metadata. Attackers can inject malicious HTML elements with event handlers into correlation results that execute scripts in the operator's browser when the correlations view is opened, potentially stealing API keys.
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.3
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-18 11:16:51.920000
Last modified
2026-10-22 22:10:00.250000
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"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-08-18T11:16:51.920",
"lastModified": "2026-10-22T22:10:00.250",
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}
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"source": "[email protected]",
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"url": "https://github.com/smicallef/spiderfoot",
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"url": "https://github.com/smicallef/spiderfoot/blob/master/spiderfoot/correlation.py",
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