CVE-2026-29039 HIGH

CVE-2026-29039: changedetection.io: XPath - Arbitrary File Read via unparsed-text()

Vendor Dgtlmoon
Product changedetection.io
Weakness CWE-94 · Code injection
Published March 6, 2026
Last update March 9, 2026

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

changedetection.io is a free open source web page change detection tool. Prior to version 0.54.4, the changedetection.io application allows users to specify XPath expressions as content filters via the include_filters field. These XPath expressions are processed using the elementpath library which implements XPath 3.0/3.1 specification. XPath 3.0 includes the unparsed-text() function which can read arbitrary files from the filesystem. The application does not validate or sanitize XPath expressions to block dangerous functions, allowing an attacker to read any file accessible to the application process. This issue has been patched in version 0.54.4.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 6, 2026 CVE published
March 9, 2026 Record updated