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CVE-2026-40229

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 50/100
Published: 2026-04-29 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: Passive
S: X
AT: None
VC: Low
VI: Low
VA: None

Description

Helpy contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the post author display logic. Any registered user can persist arbitrary HTML in their account name field and cause it to be rendered unescaped in public forum threads where they participate, in the admin ticket view, and in HTML notification emails sent to other users.This issue affects helpy: 2.8.0.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
helpy.io helpy 2.8.0

References & Advisories (2)

Bug Bounty Relevance

50 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

5.1 / 10.0 v4.0
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

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.18%
Raw Score 0.001770
Percentile 7.2%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00177
2026-10-28
0.00177

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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