vulnerability / NVI-00007721 / Revision 5
YOURLS has stored XSS in referrer statistics chart via crafted Referer header
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01 / Meaning
Why it matters
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8.2 high
GitHub source severity; exploitability and local consequence require separate evidence.
As of · GitHub Advisory Database
8.2 HIGH (3.1)
security-advisories@github.com severity; no combined Null risk score.
0.425%
FIRST EPSS model v2026.06.15; exploitation probability over 30 days, percentile 0.36812. 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.
yourls/yourls
source listed>= 1.5.1, <= 1.10.3
### Summary YOURLS stores the HTTP `Referer` header for short URL redirects and later renders aggregated referrer domains in the per-link statistics page. An unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted `Referer` header to any existing short URL. When an authenticated administrator or stats-page viewer opens that short URL's statistics page, the crafted referrer is embedded into Google Charts JavaScript without JavaScript-string escaping, causing stored cross-site scripting. This is reachable in default private installations when authenticated users view stats, and in documented configurations where `YOURLS_PRIVATE_INFOS` is set to `false` to make statistics pages public. ### Details The vulnerable source-to-sink path is: ```text HTTP Referer header -> yourls_get_referrer() -> yourls_sanitize_url_safe() -> yourls_log_redirect() -> log table referrer column -> yourls-infos.php referrer aggregation -> yourls_get_domain() -> yourls_stats_pie() -> yourls_google_array_to_data_table() -> inline JavaScript ``` Relevant code: - `includes/functions.php:240-243`: `yourls_get_referrer()` reads `$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']`, calls `yourls_sanitize_url_safe()`, and truncate
yourls/yourls
source listedECOSYSTEM: introduced 1.5.1; fixed 1.10.4
### Summary YOURLS stores the HTTP `Referer` header for short URL redirects and later renders aggregated referrer domains in the per-link statistics page. An unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted `Referer` header to any existing short URL. When an authenticated administrator or stats-page viewer opens that short URL's statistics page, the crafted referrer is embedded into Google Charts JavaScript without JavaScript-string escaping, causing stored cross-site scripting. This is reachable in default private installations when authenticated users view stats, and in documented configurations where `YOURLS_PRIVATE_INFOS` is set to `false` to make statistics pages public. ### Details The vulnerable source-to-sink path is: ```text HTTP Referer header -> yourls_get_referrer() -> yourls_sanitize_url_safe() -> yourls_log_redirect() -> log table referrer column -> yourls-infos.php referrer aggregation -> yourls_get_domain() -> yourls_stats_pie() -> yourls_google_array_to_data_table() -> inline JavaScript ``` Relevant code: - `includes/functions.php:240-243`: `yourls_get_referrer()` reads `$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']`, calls `yourls_sanitize_url_safe()`, and truncate
03 / Response
What to do next
- investigate
Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. FIRST EPSS
- vendor patch
The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 1.10.4 for yourls/yourls. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.
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04 / Limits
What this report cannot establish
- Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected.
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05 / Provenance
Sources you can inspect
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- GHSA-5h77-88j3-r659 ↗
GitHub Advisory Database · vendor advisory
Observed . GitHub Advisory Database; CC-BY-4.0. Each advisory links its original attribution. Null normalizes fields.
- GHSA-5h77-88j3-r659 ↗
GitHub Advisory Database via OSV · vendor advisory
Observed . GitHub-origin advisory, CC-BY-4.0; OSV is an aggregate copy, not independent corroboration.
- CVE-2026-63135 ↗
NIST National Vulnerability Database · official catalog
Observed . This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- CVE-2026-63135 ↗
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 5 ·
Dated EPSS estimate updated; this is not a new disclosure or proof of exploitation.
- Revision 4 ·
Source facts changed; compare the preserved prior revision.
- Revision 3 ·
Source facts changed; compare the preserved prior revision.
- Revision 2 ·
Dated EPSS estimate updated; this is not a new disclosure or proof of exploitation.
- Revision 1 ·
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