JavaScript execution via unsanitized marquee metadata
Published Feb 26, 2026 · Updated Feb 26, 2026
Stored XSS in advplyr Audiobookshelf Mobile App before 0.12.0-beta allows attackers to execute JavaScript through library metadata. WrappingMarquee.startScroll assigns book, podcast, or chapter titles directly to innerHTML, causing the WebView to parse attacker-controlled metadata as markup. Exploitation requires a victim to play the item and a title long enough to trigger scrolling; the resulting script can read session tokens and invoke accessible native APIs.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in advplyr Audiobookshelf Mobile App before 0.12.0-beta allows attackers to execute JavaScript through library metadata. WrappingMarquee.startScroll assigns book, podcast, or chapter titles directly to innerHTML, causing the WebView to parse attacker-controlled metadata as markup. Exploitation requires a victim to play the item and a title long enough to trigger scrolling; the resulting script can read session tokens and invoke accessible native APIs.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-27974
- Published
- Feb 26, 2026
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Vendor
- advplyr
- Product
- Audiobookshelf Mobile App
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 26, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 0.12.0-beta
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- GHSA-8c9r-pvrj-vcf5 metadata XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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