CVE-2026-42150 (GCVE-0-2026-42150)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-08 03:23 – Updated: 2026-05-08 21:28
VLAI?
Title
wlc: print_html outputs API data without HTML escaping, enabling stored XSS
Summary
wlc is a Weblate command-line client using Weblate's REST API. Prior to version 2.0.0, the HTML output format in wlc embeds API response data into HTML without escaping, allowing cross-site scripting when the output is rendered in a browser. This issue has been patched in version 2.0.0.
Severity ?
5.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
WeblateOrg wlc Affected: < 2.0.0
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