A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the announcement preview component of REBUILD 4.4.3. Although the announcement content undergoes HTML escaping on the server side, the client-side preview code reverses the escaped entities using jQuery's `html().text()` method and subsequently injects the result into the DOM. An administrator or attacker capable of controlling the announcement content can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the browsers of users viewing the affected pages "which may include the dashboard, activity feed, or login page, depending on the announcement's visibility settings.

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Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 09 Sep 2026 22:30:00 +0000

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Title Stored XSS in REBUILD Announcement Preview
Weaknesses CWE-79

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Description A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the announcement preview component of REBUILD 4.4.3. Although the announcement content undergoes HTML escaping on the server side, the client-side preview code reverses the escaped entities using jQuery's `html().text()` method and subsequently injects the result into the DOM. An administrator or attacker capable of controlling the announcement content can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the browsers of users viewing the affected pages "which may include the dashboard, activity feed, or login page, depending on the announcement's visibility settings.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-14T16:59:24.848Z

Reserved: 2026-08-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-71802

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-14T16:59:09.751Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-09T21:17:03.590

Modified: 2026-09-14T17:17:50.057

Link: CVE-2026-71802

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Updated: 2026-09-09T22:15:17Z

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