CSS sanitizer bypass in Pentestify report themes allows forced outbound requests

Summary

CVECVE-2026-76203
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerSecur0
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-19 15:18:10 UTC
Updated2026-08-19 15:18:10 UTC
DescriptionIncorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize in the report theme CSS sanitizer in maalfer Pentestify 1.2.0 through 2.3.2 allows an authenticated user to force outbound HTTP requests from other users' browsers, disclosing their IP address and User-Agent, via CSS hex escapes that reconstruct the url() function and evade the sanitizer blocklist

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 5.1 MEDIUM from 4daa8cea-433a-44bd-9456-53b127fc289a

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/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-180 | CWE-180 CWE-180 Incorrect behavior order: validate before canonicalize


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.04daa8cea-433a-44bd-9456-53b127fc289aSecondary5.1MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/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:N/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
None
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:N/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 Maalfer Pentestify affected 1.2.0 1ed1aad custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/ccyl13/Pentestify/commit/1ed1aadadb02e959af470aac9958462048f7... 4daa8cea-433a-44bd-9456-53b127fc289a github.com
secur0.com/en/cna/cve-list/cve-2026-76203-css-sanitizer-bypass-pentestif... 4daa8cea-433a-44bd-9456-53b127fc289a secur0.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: Manuel Martínez Casasola (en)

CNA: Xoán M. Otero Jorge (en)

CNA: Secur0 CNA (en)

CNA: Mario Álvarez Fernández (en)

Additional Advisory Data

Solutions

CNA: Tagged releases v2.0.0, v2.2.0, v2.3.0 and v2.3.2 shipped vulnerable. v1.1.1 is not affected (no custom_css field). The fix is not tagged and does not bump the version constant, so the upper bound cannot be stated as a version until a release is cut. It´s recommended to install from the repository.

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