Reflected XSS via unescaped raw query string
Published Sep 13, 2026 · Updated Sep 13, 2026
Reflected XSS in Kagi Small Web allows remote attackers to execute script in a browser through a crafted qs query string. The index function in app/sw.py renders Werkzeug's raw request.query_string as qs without neutralizing unencoded double quotes, allowing them to escape the HTML context. Delivery requires a raw HTTP request because ordinary browsers encode double quotes as %22; the effect is confined to script execution in the reflected response context.
Summary
What happened
Reflected XSS in Kagi Small Web allows remote attackers to execute script in a browser through a crafted qs query string. The index function in app/sw.py renders Werkzeug's raw request.query_string as qs without neutralizing unencoded double quotes, allowing them to escape the HTML context. Delivery requires a raw HTTP request because ordinary browsers encode double quotes as %22; the effect is confined to script execution in the reflected response context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-90583
- Published
- Sep 13, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 13, 2026
- Vendor
- Kagi
- Product
- Kagi Small Web
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- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
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- Sep 13, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 13, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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