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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.8

CVE-2026-79663 json

Ech0 before 4.7.3 Stored XSS via RSS feed tag names

published 2026-05-07 6 mo ago modified 2026-08-31 2 mo ago also GHSA-3v85-fqvh-7rxf , GO-2026-5100 , EUVD-2026-65451

cvss
4.8
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 16%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Ech0 before 4.7.3 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the public RSS feed where tag names and markdown content are rendered without HTML escaping. Attackers with admin privileges can inject malicious tag names or raw HTML in echo content that executes as JavaScript in RSS readers that render HTML-type summaries, affecting anonymous subscribers and other users.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/lin-snow/Ech0 1.4.8-0.20260503035519-fd320fe3e902
  • go github.com/lin-snow/ech0 1.4.8-0.20260503035519-fd320fe3e902
  • lin-snow Ech0 4.7.3

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 4.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
CNA 3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CNA 4.0 4.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/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
GitHub 3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/lin-snow/Ech0
<1.4.8-0.20260503035519-fd320fe3e902
1.4.8-0.20260503035519-fd320fe3e902
go github.com/lin-snow/ech0
<1.4.8-0.20260503035519-fd320fe3e902
1.4.8-0.20260503035519-fd320fe3e902

Affected products

  • lin-snow Ech0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
  • CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

References

Sources

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