vulnerability / NVI-00002168 / Revision 3
Admidio vulnerable to reflected XSS in msg_window.php via Square Bracket to HTML Tag Conversion
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01 / Meaning
Why it matters
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0.181%
FIRST EPSS model v2026.06.15; exploitation probability over 30 days, percentile 0.0763. Missing scores are unknown.
As of · FIRST EPSS
02 / Applicability
The affected context
Affected versions, configuration prerequisites and known exclusions are public. Confirm each one against the deployed service.
admidio/admidio
source listedECOSYSTEM: introduced 0; fixed 5.0.9
## Summary An unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in any Admidio user's browser through a reflected XSS in `system/msg_window.php`. The endpoint passes user input through `htmlspecialchars()`, which does not encode square brackets. A subsequent call to `Language::prepareTextPlaceholders()` converts those brackets into HTML angle brackets, producing executable markup. ## Details The `msg_window.php` endpoint accepts `message_id` and `message_var1` as GET parameters. At line 146, the code passes `message_var1` through `htmlspecialchars()` before inserting it into the language string as a placeholder: ```php // system/msg_window.php:146 $messageText = $gL10n->get($messageId, array(htmlspecialchars($messageVar1))); ``` `htmlspecialchars()` encodes ``, `&`, `"`, and `'` but leaves `[` and `]` untouched. The `Language::get()` method calls `Language::prepareTextPlaceholders()`, which performs a character-level translation: ```php // src/Infrastructure/Language.php:497 $text = strtr($text, '[]', ''); ``` This converts all square brackets in the output string, including those from user input, into angle brackets. An attacker submits `[script]alert(docume
03 / Response
What to do next
- vendor patch
The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 5.0.9 for admidio/admidio. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database via OSV
- investigate
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04 / Limits
What this report cannot establish
- Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected.
05 / Provenance
Sources you can inspect
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- GHSA-gq27-fc8w-vcmp ↗
GitHub Advisory Database via OSV · vendor advisory
Observed . GitHub-origin advisory, CC-BY-4.0; OSV is an aggregate copy, not independent corroboration.
- CVE-2026-41661 ↗
FIRST EPSS · official catalog
Observed . FIRST EPSS; probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, not local compromise. Dataset date/model retained; FIRST services terms apply.
Public revision history
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- Revision 3 ·
Dated EPSS estimate updated; this is not a new disclosure or proof of exploitation.
- Revision 2 ·
Dated EPSS estimate updated; this is not a new disclosure or proof of exploitation.
- Revision 1 ·
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