CVE 4.8 MEDIUM

GFI HelpDesk < 4.99.9 Stored XSS via charset Parameter_CVE-2026-23753

4.8 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Description

GFI HelpDesk before 4.99.9 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the language management functionality where the charset POST parameter is passed directly to SWIFT_Language::Create() without HTML sanitization and subsequently rendered unsanitized by View_Language.RenderGrid(). An authenticated administrator can inject arbitrary JavaScript through the charset field when creating or editing a language, and the payload executes in the browser of any administrator viewing the Languages page.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-23753
Source VulnCheck
Published Apr 20, 2026 at 17:33

Affected Product

Vendor GFI Software
Product HelpDesk
Affected Versions GFI Software HelpDesk 0

CWE Classification

References

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