CVE-2026-31859
Craft is a content management system (CMS). The fix for CVE-2025-35939 in craftcms/cms introduced a strip_tags() call in src/web/User.php to sanitize return URLs before they are stored in the session. However, strip_tags() only removes HTML tags (angle brackets) -- it does not inspect or filter URL schemes. Payloads like javascript:alert(document.cookie) contain no HTML tags and pass through strip_tags() completely unmodified, enabling reflected XSS when the return URL is rendered in an href attribute. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.9.7 and 4.17.3.
Published:Mar 11, 2026
Last Modified:Mar 20, 2026
EPS:Mar 11, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00033
CVSS Score:6.1
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Craftcms
Product
Craft Cms
Craftcms
Craft Cms
Vendor
Craftcms
Product
Craftcms
Craftcms
Craftcms
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
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User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
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Availability
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High
