Stored XSS via unneutralized invoice notes
Published Apr 5, 2026 · Updated Apr 5, 2026
Stored cross-site scripting in Akaunting 3.1.21 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts through invoice notes. The Invoice/Billing notes value is rendered into a web page without adequate neutralization; the responsible function is undisclosed. An authenticated account can plant the payload, and a victim must view the affected page; the published impact is limited to modifying page content.
Summary
What happened
Stored cross-site scripting in Akaunting 3.1.21 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts through invoice notes. The Invoice/Billing notes value is rendered into a web page without adequate neutralization; the responsible function is undisclosed. An authenticated account can plant the payload, and a victim must view the affected page; the published impact is limited to modifying page content.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-5568
- Published
- Apr 5, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 5, 2026
- Vendor
- Akaunting
- Product
- Akaunting
- Classifications
- CWE-94, CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 5, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=3.1.0
- Affected versionversion=3.1.1
- Affected versionversion=3.1.10
- Affected versionversion=3.1.11
- Affected versionversion=3.1.12
- Affected versionversion=3.1.13
- Affected versionversion=3.1.14
- Affected versionversion=3.1.15
- Affected versionversion=3.1.16
- Affected versionversion=3.1.17
- Affected versionversion=3.1.18
- Affected versionversion=3.1.19
- Affected versionversion=3.1.2
- Affected versionversion=3.1.20
- Affected versionversion=3.1.21
- Affected versionversion=3.1.3
- Affected versionversion=3.1.4
- Affected versionversion=3.1.5
- Affected versionversion=3.1.6
- Affected versionversion=3.1.7
- Affected versionversion=3.1.8
- Affected versionversion=3.1.9
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What is affected?
Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
Daily unique IPs observed by Shadowserver honeypots for known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs). Missing observations do not establish an absence of attacks.
Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Akaunting 3.1.21 Invoice/Billing notes XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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