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CVSS 8.1 HIGH Vulnerability

CVE-2026-45665: Open WebUI has Stored XSS in Banner Component via Improper Sanitization Order

Summary A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Banner component due to an improper sanitization order (specifically, DOMPurify is executed before the marked library). This vulnerability allows a…

8.1CVSS Score
HIGHSeverity
NOCISA KEV
VulnerabilityImpact Type

📋 Vulnerability Details

CVE IDCVE-2026-45665
Vendornpm
Affected Productopen-webui
Vulnerability TypeVulnerability
CVSS Score8.1 (HIGH)
Actively Exploited❌ No known exploitation
Patch StatusSee Vendor Advisory →
Reported ByCYBERDUDEBIVASH SENTINEL APEX Intelligence (via github_advisories)

🔬 Technical Analysis

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Summary

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Banner component due to an improper sanitization order (specifically, DOMPurify is executed before the marked library). This vulnerability allows a compromised or malicious administrator to plant a malicious payload in the global banner. Crucially, this vector enables Privilege Escalation, as the malicious banner is rendered for all users, including the Super Admin (Primary Admin). Consequently, the payload successfully bypasses the existing security mechanism. An attacker can leverage this to steal the Super Admin's session token

Details

Root Cause: The code attempts to sanitize the input using DOMPurify.sanitize() before parsing it with marked.parse(). DOMPurify cleans the raw input. Since [Link](javascript:a

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