CVE 5.3 MEDIUM

lichess.org has an Unsanitized Stream Title Injection on /streamer_CVE-2026-35208

5.3 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Description

lichess.org is the forever free, adless and open source chess server. Any approved streamer can inject arbitrary HTML into /streamer and the homepage “Live streams” widget by placing markup in their Twitch/YouTube stream title. CSP is present and blocks inline script execution, but the issue is still a server-side HTML injection sink. To trigger this, a Lichess account only needs to satisfy the normal streamer requirements and get approved. Per Streamer.canApply, that means an account older than 2 days with at least 15 games, or a verified/titled account. After moderator approval, once the streamer goes live, Lichess pulls the platform title and renders it into the UI as-is. No extra privileges are needed beyond a normal approved streamer profile. This vulnerability is fixed with commit 0d5002696ae705e1888bf77de107c73de57bb1b3.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-35208
Source GitHub_M
Published Apr 6, 2026 at 20:06
Modified Apr 7, 2026 at 15:09

Affected Product

Vendor lichess-org
Product lila
Version < 0d5002696ae705e1888bf77de107c73de57bb1b3
Affected Versions lichess-org lila < 0d5002696ae705e1888bf77de107c73de57bb1b3

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