CVE-2026-7299
What it is
Appsmith’s SQL query editor’s autocomplete functionality fails to sanitize database object names before rendering them in innerHTML, allowing an authenticated Developer to inject persistent XSS by a malicious table or column names triggering arbitrary code execution in the sessions of other workspace members when they interact with the same datasource.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account, but needs a user to act. High risk of data exposure.
- Exploit odds
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Appsmith < 1.99
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 6.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/commit/99d69180919981ed9bc5484050d809a5bec68acc
- https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/pull/41666
- https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/releases/tag/v2.1
- https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/security/advisories/GHSA-vvxf-f8q9-86gh
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/265691
References
- https://github.com/Stuub/Appsmith-1.98-Stored-XSS-Exploit
- https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/commit/99d69180919981ed9bc5484050d809a5bec68acc
- https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/pull/41666
- https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/releases/tag/v2.1
- https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/security/advisories/GHSA-vvxf-f8q9-86gh
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/265691
- https://github.com/Stuub/Appsmith-1.98-Stored-XSS-Exploit