Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-41201

Critical

Published: 07 May 2026

Published
07 May 2026
Modified
07 May 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0033 24.9th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-41201 is a critical-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Browser Session Hijacking (T1185); ranked at the 24.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

CI4MS is a CodeIgniter 4-based CMS skeleton that delivers a production-ready, modular architecture with RBAC authorization and theme support. In version 0.31.4.0, an attacker can achieve Full Account Takeover & Privilege Escalation via Stored DOM XSS in backup module filename…

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field manipulated via a sql file that tampers with the file name field to contain hidden XSS payload. This issue has been patched in version 0.31.5.0.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1185 Browser Session Hijacking Collection
Adversaries may take advantage of security vulnerabilities and inherent functionality in browser software to change content, modify user-behaviors, and intercept information as part of various browser session hijacking techniques.
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T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie Credential Access
An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authenticated user without needing credentials.
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T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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Why these techniques?

Stored DOM XSS directly enables browser session hijacking and web session cookie theft for account takeover/priv esc.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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CVE-2026-32277Shared CWE-79
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CVE-2025-26918Shared CWE-79
CVE-2026-46367Shared CWE-79
CVE-2026-27332Shared CWE-79

Affected Assets

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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

References