CVE-2026-45368
Published:July 16, 2026
Updated:July 20, 2026
Kirby is an open-source content management system. In versions prior to 4.9.1 and 5.4.1, the underlying URL methods for the KirbyTags and image blocks components did not filter out malicious URL values that resolve to script execution. The vulnerability affects four first-party Kirby renderers that produce "<a href="…">" output from editor-supplied field values: the ("link: …)" KirbyTag, the "link": parameter of the "(image: …)" KirbyTag when it does not resolve to a known file or "self", the "link" field of the built-in image block, and the HTML importer for the "blocks" field (which accepted the same malicious input as the image block "link" field). While simple "avascript:" URLs were already deactivated by treating them as a relative path and prepending a single slash to the URL, the use of URLs of the format "javascript://x%0A…" bypasses this protection. The "vbscript:", "data:", "livescript:", "mocha:" and "jar:" schemes are affected by the same underlying gap. This issue has been fixed in versions 4.9.1 and 5.4.1.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/getkirby/kirby.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=4.0.0 <4.9.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.9.1https://github.com/getkirby/kirby.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=5.0.0 <5.4.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.4.1getkirby/cms (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=dev-release-3.6.1/3459-str-empty-needle <4.9.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.9.1getkirby/cms (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=5.0.0 <5.4.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.4.1Related Resources (4)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
ACTIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
EPSS
Base Score:
0.33