pgAdmin 4 up to 9.14 Explain Visualizer cross site scripting
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in pgAdmin 4 up to 9.14. It has been classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Explain Visualizer Module. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-7814. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
Details
A vulnerability was found in pgAdmin 4 up to 9.14 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Explain Visualizer Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in pgAdmin 4 Browser Tree and Explain Visualizer modules. User-controlled PostgreSQL object names (database, schema, table, column, etc.) were assigned to DOM elements via innerHTML, allowing crafted object names containing HTML markup to execute attacker-supplied JavaScript in the browser of any pgAdmin user who navigated to or executed EXPLAIN over the malicious object. Fix replaces innerHTML with textContent. This issue affects pgAdmin 4: before 9.15.
The weakness was presented by Fahar Abbas. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-7814 since 05/04/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.
Upgrading to version 9.15 eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
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Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.6VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.5
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VulDB Temp Score: 2.3
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CNA Base Score: 4.8
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: pgAdmin 4 9.15
Timeline
05/04/2026 CVE reserved05/11/2026 Advisory disclosed
05/11/2026 VulDB entry created
05/11/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Advisory: github.comResearcher: Fahar Abbas
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-7814 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-7814
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-362633
Entry
Created: 05/11/2026 18:12Changes: 05/11/2026 18:12 (76)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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