CVE-2026-42887

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 44/100
Published: 2026-05-11 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity Conf. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: High
UI: Required
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: None
A: None

Description

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Prior to 2.33.0, a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Login Page due to improper sanitization of the authLoginCustomMessage field of the /api/auth-settings endpoint. An attacker with administrative privileges can inject arbitrary HTML/JavaScript that will be rendered on the login page for all users. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.33.0.

Weakness Classification (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

44 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

4.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.26%
Raw Score 0.002580
Percentile 17.5%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00258
2026-10-28
0.00258

Intelligence Sources

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