CVE-2026-42840 (GCVE-0-2026-42840)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-03 17:35 – Updated: 2026-06-03 18:59
VLAI?
Title
ERPNext 16.16.0 - Stored XSS in POS customer section via unescaped template literals
Summary
An authenticated user can persist arbitrary HTML/JavaScript in the email_id or mobile_no fields of a Customer record and trigger unescaped rendering in the Point of Sale (POS) interface for every operator who selects that customer. This issue affects ERPNext: 16.16.0.
Severity ?
5.1 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Frappe ERPNext Affected: 16.16.0
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Credits
Fluid Attacks' AI SAST Scanner Oscar Naveda
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