ProjeQtor < 12.4.4 Stored XSS via checkValidHtmlText()
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- 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
ProjeQtor versions 7.0 through 12.4.3 contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the checkValidHtmlText() function within Security.php that fails to properly sanitize user input by only detecting specific patterns while returning unsanitized strings without output encoding. Attackers can inject malicious payloads that bypass the filter using alternative syntax such as img tags with event handlers, which are stored and executed in the browsers of users viewing the affected content.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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 ProjeQtor (ProjeQtor) Fixed in 12.4.4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-41466
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8pgv-76j9-qj4g
References
More ProjeQtor vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-30051 ProjeQtor < 12.4.4 Unauthenticated SQL Injection via Login CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2021-22435 ProjeQtOr Project Management 9.1.4 - Remote Code Execution CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2024-19441 projeqtor up to 11.2.0 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE)… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-30054 ProjeQtor < 12.4.4 Path Traversal via dynamicDialog.php CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2023-26722 Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ProjeQtOr 11.0.2 allows a remote attacker to… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2024-19440 projeqtor up to 11.2.0 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-41466 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-41466 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8pgv-76j9-qj4g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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