Code execution via unescaped database menu metadata
Published Aug 15, 2026 · Updated Aug 15, 2026
Stored cross-site scripting in SiYuan before 3.7.4 allows remote authenticated users to execute code through database menu metadata. Six templates in groups.ts, view.ts, and col.ts insert unvalidated field names and descriptions into menu HTML through innerHTML without escaping element bodies. Low-privileged database write access is sufficient to plant the markup, but code runs only when a user opens an affected menu; Electron exposes Node built-ins at that user's privileges.
Summary
What happened
Stored cross-site scripting in SiYuan before 3.7.4 allows remote authenticated users to execute code through database menu metadata. Six templates in groups.ts, view.ts, and col.ts insert unvalidated field names and descriptions into menu HTML through innerHTML without escaping element bodies. Low-privileged database write access is sufficient to plant the markup, but code runs only when a user opens an affected menu; Electron exposes Node built-ins at that user's privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-73042
- Published
- Aug 15, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 15, 2026
- Vendor
- SiYuan Note
- Product
- SiYuan
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1204
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 15, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 15, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <3.7.4
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- GHSA-gcm3-qcq3-72rv database menu metadata proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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