Akaunting Invoice/Billing cross site scripting

published 2026-04-05 7 mo ago modified 2026-07-24 3 mo ago also EUVD-2026-19083

cvss: 3.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 17%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability has been found in Akaunting up to 3.1.21. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Invoice/Billing. The manipulation of the argument notes leads to cross site scripting. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 7 mo ago (2026-04-06)

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

docs.google.com https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TFwYGdjDblEGCMM0l67PXz0HXZu_iUqWDQZavtM9t1U/edit?usp=sharing referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	5.1	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CNA	3.1	3.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CNA	3.0	3.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CNA	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR
CNA	4.0	2.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA	3.1	3.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CNA	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

n/a Akaunting

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

docs.google.com /document/d/1TFwYGdjDblEGCMM0l67PXz0HXZu_iUqWDQZavtM9t1U/edit?usp=sharing
exploit
vuldb.com /vuln/355338
vdb-entry, technical-description
vuldb.com /vuln/355338/cti
signature, permissions-required
vuldb.com /submit/783139
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-5568
NVD CVE-2026-5568

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Summary