cti-transmute Conversion Table Allows XSS via Unescaped Cell Content During Search Highlighting

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-73161
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerCIRCL
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-11 09:17:15 UTC
Updated2026-08-11 09:17:15 UTC
DescriptionAffected versions of cti-transmute improperly handle conversion-table values passed through the search highlighting feature. The highlight() function previously returned the underlying text directly when no search query was supplied, or performed a regex replacement that inserted <mark> tags without first escaping the original content. Because the resulting value is used by an HTML-rendering sink, malicious markup contained in conversion data could be interpreted as HTML rather than displayed as text. The fix introduces a shared highlightMatches() helper that first converts special characters such as <, >, &, and quotes into HTML entities. Only after escaping does the code insert the application-controlled <mark> element used for search highlighting.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 5.1 MEDIUM from 5a6e4751-2f3f-4070-9419-94fb35b644e8

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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

Problem Types: CWE-79 | CWE-116 | CWE-79 CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') | CWE-116 CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.05a6e4751-2f3f-4070-9419-94fb35b644e8Secondary5.1MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/C...
4.0CNACVSS5.1MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Passive
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Sub Conf.
Low
Sub Integrity
Low
Sub Availability
None

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA MISP Cti-transmute affected 1.4.0 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/MISP/cti-transmute/commit/ac495641ef3ca927676a73ba8f1bcdfd952... 5a6e4751-2f3f-4070-9419-94fb35b644e8 github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Jeroen Pinoy (en)

CNA: Christian Studer (en)

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