Phishing via rendered attendee-name markup
Published Nov 27, 2025 · Updated Nov 27, 2025
HTML injection in affected pretix releases allows remote attackers to place trusted-looking links in emails through crafted attendee names. The email placeholder substitution path interprets HTML or Markdown in customer-controlled attendee names and inserts the allowlisted result into outgoing HTML messages instead of treating the name as plain text. Exploitation requires control of an attendee name and a recipient who trusts and acts on the injected content; the tag allowlist blocks script execution, limiting the reported consequence to email manipulation and phishing.
Summary
What happened
HTML injection in affected pretix releases allows remote attackers to place trusted-looking links in emails through crafted attendee names. The email placeholder substitution path interprets HTML or Markdown in customer-controlled attendee names and inserts the allowlisted result into outgoing HTML messages instead of treating the name as plain text. Exploitation requires control of an attendee name and a recipient who trusts and acts on the injected content; the tag allowlist blocks script execution, limiting the reported consequence to email manipulation and phishing.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-13742
- Published
- Nov 27, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 27, 2025
- Vendor
- pretix GmbH
- Product
- pretix
- Classifications
- CWE-116, CAPEC-134, T1566.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 27, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.0.0 <2025.7.0
- Affected versionversion=2025.7.0 <2025.8.0 changes=[{"at":"2025.7.2","status":"unaffected"}]
- Affected versionversion=2025.8.0 <2025.9.0 changes=[{"at":"2025.8.1","status":"unaffected"}]
- Affected versionversion=2025.9.0 <2025.10.0 changes=[{"at":"2025.9.1","status":"unaffected"}]
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