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Medium 5.4Published Jul 19, 2026

CVE-2026-45138CI4MS: Stored XSS in Blog Content via Broken `html_purify` Validation Rule

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

CI4MS is a CodeIgniter 4-based content management system skeleton. Prior to version 0.31.9.0, the custom `html_purify` validation rule used to sanitize blog post bodies relies on by-reference mutation (`?string &$str`), but CodeIgniter 4's validator passes a local copy of the value, so the sanitized text is silently discarded. The Blog controller writes `$lanData['content']` directly into `blog_langs.content`, and the public template echoes it without escaping — yielding stored XSS executable in any visitor's browser, including the superadmin when previewing or editing posts. Version 0.31.9.0 patches the issue.

CVSS
5.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
GitHub_M
NVD analysis
Deferred
Record last updated
Jul 20, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
ci4-cms-erp ci4ms
ci4_cms_erp:ci4ms (from the name)
before 0.31.9.0
CNA record

References

References

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