Stored cross-site scripting in Sisense BloX widgets
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Sisense Cloud BI Platform from L2025.4 before * contains stored cross-site scripting (CWE-79) in BloX widgets. HTML or JavaScript inserted into BloX widget fields such as desc and text is stored and rendered without neutralization. An authenticated user with the Designer or Administrator role can run JavaScript in the browser of another user who opens the affected dashboard.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Sisense BloX widgets, in all versions, both on Sisense Cloud and in self-hosted deployments, allows an authenticated user with the Designer or Administrator role to execute JavaScript code in the browser of another user who opens the dashboard, via HTML or JavaScript code inserted into BloX widget fields, such as ‘desc’ and ‘text’.
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
The sources list no fixed version for Sisense Cloud BI Platform.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Timeline
- 2026-10-27 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-117493
- 2026-10-27 Alias added: GHSA-vjwh-8w5h-gwj6
- 2026-10-27 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-11-04 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · CNA
References
More Sisense vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-81047 Cross-site scripting in Sisense Cloud BI Platform via SVG images CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-117493 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-117493 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vjwh-8w5h-gwj6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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