ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. Versions 4.28.0 and prior contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the @apostrophecms/color-field module, where color values prefixed with -- bypass TinyColor validation intended for CSS custom properties, and the launder.string() call performs only type coercion without stripping HTML metacharacters. These unsanitized values are then concatenated directly into <style> tags both in per-widget style elements rendered for all visitors and in the global stylesheet rendered for editors, with the output marked as safe HTML. An editor can inject a value which closes the style tag and executes arbitrary JavaScript in the browser of every visitor to any page containing the affected widget. This enables mass session hijacking, cookie theft, and privilege escalation to administrative control if an admin views draft content. This issue has been fixed in version 4.29.0.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 3
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/6a89bdb7acdb2e1e9bf1429961a6ba7f99410481 Patch
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-97v6-998m-fp4g Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-97v6-998m-fp4g Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.4 · apostrophecmsNVD modified 2026-10-26 22:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:apostrophecms:apostrophecms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 3
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/6a89bdb7acdb2e1e9bf1429961a6ba7f99410481 Patch
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-97v6-998m-fp4g Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-97v6-998m-fp4g Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory