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Neo4j < 2026.01 XSS Vulnerability (CVE-2026-1337)

low Nessus Plugin ID 298971

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Synopsis

The remote web server is affected by a XSS vulnerability

Description

According to its its self-reported version number, the version of Neo4j running on the remote host is a version prior to 2026.01. It is, therefore, affected by a XSS vulnerability where Insufficient escaping of unicode characters in query log in Neo4j Enterprise and Community editions.
 Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number

Solution

Upgrade to Neo4j version 2026.01 or later.

See Also

https://neo4j.com/security/cve-2026-1337/

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 298971

File Name: neo4j_cve-2026-1337.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 2/13/2026

Updated: 3/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-1337

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2

Threat Score: 1.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:neo4j:neo4j

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Neo4j

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-1337

IAVB: 2026-B-0036