MISP up to 2.5.47 Legacy Taxonomy Tag Management Confirmation Forms tag name cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MISP up to 2.5.47. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Legacy Taxonomy Tag Management Confirmation Forms. Performing a manipulation of the argument tag name results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-103662. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in MISP up to 2.5.47. This affects an unknown function of the component Legacy Taxonomy Tag Management Confirmation Forms. The manipulation of the argument tag name with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

MISP contains a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the legacy taxonomy tag management confirmation forms (add tag and disable tag). The affected forms echoed a user-supplied tag name value from the request unescaped into the rendered HTML output. An attacker who can induce a site administrator to visit a crafted URL containing a malicious tag name parameter can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the administrator's browser session. Preconditions: - The target must be running a MISP instance with the legacy taxonomy tag confirmation views enabled. - The victim must be an authenticated site administrator. - The victim must navigate to the attacker-crafted URL (e.g., via a phishing link). Security impact: - Execution of arbitrary client-side script in the context of the administrator's browser. - Potential theft of session tokens, CSRF tokens, or other sensitive data accessible from the page. - Potential for performing privileged actions on behalf of the administrator within the MISP interface. Affected versions: <2.5.48.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-103662 since 10/01/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 2.5.48 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Name

• MISP

Version

• 2.5.0
• 2.5.1
• 2.5.2
• 2.5.3
• 2.5.4
• 2.5.5
• 2.5.6
• 2.5.7
• 2.5.8
• 2.5.9
• 2.5.10
• 2.5.11
• 2.5.12
• 2.5.13
• 2.5.14
• 2.5.15
• 2.5.16
• 2.5.17
• 2.5.18
• 2.5.19
• 2.5.20
• 2.5.21
• 2.5.22
• 2.5.23
• 2.5.24
• 2.5.25
• 2.5.26
• 2.5.27
• 2.5.28
• 2.5.29
• 2.5.30
• 2.5.31
• 2.5.32
• 2.5.33
• 2.5.34
• 2.5.35
• 2.5.36
• 2.5.37
• 2.5.38
• 2.5.39
• 2.5.40
• 2.5.41
• 2.5.42
• 2.5.43
• 2.5.44
• 2.5.45
• 2.5.46
• 2.5.47

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/MISP/MISP/

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