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SCA: security update for @haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs (GHSA-g2g8-95qg-v35h)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 442534

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - HAX CMS helps manage microsite universe with PHP or NodeJs backends. Versions up to and including 26.0.0
 are affected by a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the `/system/api/saveNode` endpoint.
 An authenticated user with a permission to edit pages can bypass the HTML sanitizer by injecting an event
 handler attribute without whitespace before the attribute name. @haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs 26.0.1 and
 haxcms-php 26.0.2 patch the issue. (CVE-2026-48527)

Solution

Update the @haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs library and its related packages to version 26.0.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g2g8-95qg-v35h

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 442534

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/30/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

Percentile: 57.66

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-48527

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Temporal Score: 7.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-48527

cwe: CWE-79