CVE-2026-40545
Published: 01 June 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-40545 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 5.1 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 27.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-33611
- 🇵🇱 CERT-PL: cert.pl
Vulnerability details
SOPlanning is vulnerable to Reflected XSS via the taches parameter. An attacker can craft a malicious URL which, when opened by authenticated victim, results in arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim’s browser. This issue affects SOPlanning version 1.55 and below.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing web app directly enables arbitrary JS execution via crafted malicious link (T1190 + T1059.007); commonly delivered as spearphishing link (T1566.002).
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.