Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Affecting craftcms/cms package, versions >=4.15.3, <4.17.3>=5.7.5, <5.9.7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-CRAFTCMSCMS-15460354
  • published11 Mar 2026
  • disclosed11 Mar 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-31859  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-116  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade craftcms/cms to version 4.17.3, 5.9.7 or higher.

Overview

craftcms/cms is a content management system.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output via the setReturnUrl function. An attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the application by supplying a crafted return URL containing a malicious scheme such as javascript: or data:. This can lead to session hijacking, data exfiltration, phishing, or performing actions on behalf of the authenticated user when the malicious URL is rendered in an href attribute.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1