Vikunja 2.2.0 before 2.7.1 contains an HTML injection vulnerability in CreateConversationalHeader in pkg/notifications/mail.go that interpolates display names and task and project titles raw into email anchors. Authenticated users can craft titles or display names that close the anchor and inject phishing links into task-comment and task-mention notification emails sent to project members.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 3
- StatusPublished → DeferredNVD modified 2026-10-23 13:19
- StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-22 19:14
- First seenCVSS 5.1NVD modified 2026-10-22 20:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 6
- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja
- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/blob/v2.7.0/pkg/notifications/mail.go#L132-L148
- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/commit/18ff05932632c65dbc90a88118597989c6af4bf9
- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/releases/tag/v2.7.1
- https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/security/advisories/GHSA-rp33-8f2m-hm6j
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vikunja-2.2.0-before-2.7.1-html-injection-via-notification-email-header