Apereo openEQUELLA up to 2026.1 Pre-Login Notice /api/preloginnotice cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apereo openEQUELLA up to 2026.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /api/preloginnotice of the component Pre-Login Notice. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-66092. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Apereo openEQUELLA up to 2026.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /api/preloginnotice of the component Pre-Login Notice. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

In openEQUELLA before 2026.2, the pre-login notice is stored as HTML and rendered on the legacy logon page without encoding or sanitisation. A user holding the EDIT_SYSTEM_SETTINGS permission can set a notice containing an arbitrary script (PUT /api/preloginnotice), resulting in stored cross-site scripting on the login page. Unauthenticated exploitation is possible where EDIT_SYSTEM_SETTINGS has been granted to the guest user or Everyone

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-66092 since 07/24/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2026.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-112568). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: openEQUELLA 2026.2

Timelineinfo

07/24/2026 CVE reserved
10/29/2026 +97 days Advisory disclosed
10/29/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/29/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CNA: MON-CSIRT
CVE: CVE-2026-66092 (🔒)

GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-66092
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-428275
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/29/2026 02:53
Updated: 10/29/2026 05:40
Changes: 10/29/2026 02:53 (68), 10/29/2026 05:40 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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