Website takeover via unsafe Markdown conversion
Published Jul 15, 2026 · Updated Jul 15, 2026
Stored XSS in Weeblr 4Analytics 5.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to take over Joomla websites through crafted requests. The AI-analysis renderer converts Markdown containing an attacker URL to HTML without safe mode, allowing the stored URL to become executable page content. No authentication is needed to submit the URL, but passive interaction is required when a later visitor views the affected analysis, and only sites where AI analysis mentions that URL are exposed.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Weeblr 4Analytics 5.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to take over Joomla websites through crafted requests. The AI-analysis renderer converts Markdown containing an attacker URL to HTML without safe mode, allowing the stored URL to become executable page content. No authentication is needed to submit the URL, but passive interaction is required when a later visitor views the affected analysis, and only sites where AI analysis mentions that URL are exposed.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-58077
- Published
- Jul 15, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 15, 2026
- Vendor
- Weeblr
- Product
- 4Analytics
- Classifications
- CWE-79, CAPEC-18, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 15, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 15, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.0-5.0.1
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