Zulip affected by Stored XSS in user profile modal
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Zulip is an open-source team collaboration tool. From 5.0 to before 11.5, some administrative actions on the user profile were susceptible to stored XSS in group names or channel names. Exploiting these vulnerabilities required the user explicitly interacting with the problematic object. This vulnerability is fixed in 11.5.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA zulip (zulip) Fixed in 11.5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-24050
References
More Zulip Server vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-37129 /api/v1/jwt/fetch_api_key endpoint can leak if an email address has an account in Zulip server CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2022-06082 Multi-use invitations can grant access to other organizations in Zulip CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-13649 In Zulip Server versions from 1.7.0 to before 2.0.7, a bug in the new user signup process… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-22659 Zulip Authentication Backend Configuration Bypass CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2024-24345 Zulip from 8.0 to 8.3 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the handling of popovers. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2020-11848 Zulip Server 2.x before 2.1.7 allows eval injection if a privileged attacker were able to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
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