MISP Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Unescaped Organization Name in Admin Email View

Description

MISP contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the admin email composition screen. The MISP.org organization name setting was interpolated directly into a JavaScript string literal using an unescaped PHP echo: var org = "<?php echo $org;?>";. Because the value was placed inside a double-quoted JavaScript string without any encoding, an organization name containing a double-quote character (or a backslash) could terminate the string literal and inject arbitrary JavaScript into the page. The injected script would execute in the context of any authenticated user who subsequently loads the admin email page, potentially allowing session hijacking, data exfiltration, or privileged actions performed on behalf of the victim. Exploitation requires the ability to set or modify the MISP.org organization name and a second authenticated user visiting the affected admin email view. The vulnerability is a classic instance of insufficient output encoding in a JavaScript context.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.42% · top 64% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.8.

Weakness

• CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs

Affected products

• MISP · MISP

  • affected unspecified – < 2.5.47

What to do

Solution: The fix replaces the raw PHP echo of the organization name with a json_encode() call using the flags JSON_HEX_TAG, JSON_HEX_AMP, JSON_HEX_APOS, and JSON_HEX_QUOT. This produces a properly escaped JavaScript string literal that neutralizes quotes, angle brackets, ampersands, and other metacharacters, preventing breakout from the string context and subsequent script injection.

References (1)

• Security patch (opens in a new tab)patch

Sources

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• NVD (opens in a new tab)
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• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 22 Sept 2026, 15:31 UTC.