CVE-2026-40229

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
helpyiohelpy2.8.0affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-79: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References