CVE-2026-43892
Published: 12 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-43892 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 17.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-29721
Vulnerability details
AntSword is a cross-platform website management toolkit. Prior to 2.1.16, incomplete noxss() sanitization leads to 1-click RCE via jquery.terminal format code injection. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.1.16.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Direct RCE via code injection (CWE-94) in a public-facing web management tool enables exploitation of the application itself (T1190) and arbitrary command execution (T1059).
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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.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Requires documented secure initialization practices and avoidance of insecure defaults in configuration baselines.
Reviewing and updating baseline when components are installed or upgraded prevents initialization with insecure defaults.
Requiring explicit configuration to minimal functionality overrides insecure defaults that would otherwise enable excess capabilities.
Tailoring replaces or augments insecure default initializations with system-specific values and compensating controls before deployment.
Central configuration overrides or replaces insecure default initializations that would otherwise be left unchanged on each system.
SCRM practices during acquisition and configuration management address insecure default initializations shipped by vendors.