CVE-2026-40479 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-40479: Kimai: Stored XSS via Incomplete HTML Attribute Escaping in Team Member Widget

Vendor Kimai
Product kimai
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published April 17, 2026
Last update April 20, 2026

CVSS base score

5.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Kimai is an open-source time tracking application. In versions 1.16.3 through 2.52.0, the escapeForHtml() function in KimaiEscape.js does not escape double quote or single quote characters. When a user's profile alias is inserted into an HTML attribute context via the team member form prototype and rendered through innerHTML, this incomplete escaping allows HTML attribute injection. An authenticated user with ROLE_USER privileges can store a malicious alias that executes JavaScript in the browser of any administrator viewing the team form, resulting in stored XSS with privilege escalation. This issue has been fixed in version 2.53.0.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 17, 2026 CVE published
April 20, 2026 Record updated