Weblate is vulnerable to XSS via crafted Markdown_CVE-2026-44264

4.3 / 10

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Description

Weblate is a web based localization tool. Prior to version 5.17.1, the Markdown renderer used in user comments and other user-provided content didn't properly sanitize some attributes. This issue has been patched in version 5.17.1.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-44264

Source GitHub_M

Published May 7, 2026 at 13:43

Modified May 7, 2026 at 15:05

Affected Product

Vendor WeblateOrg

Product weblate

Version < 5.17.1

Affected Versions WeblateOrg weblate < 5.17.1

CWE Classification

CWE-80

References

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