Description
Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize in the report theme CSS sanitizer
in maalfer Pentestify 1.2.0 through 2.3.2 allows an authenticated user to force outbound
HTTP requests from other users' browsers, disclosing their IP address and User-Agent, via
CSS hex escapes that reconstruct the url() function and evade the sanitizer blocklist
Published: 2026-08-19
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Tagged releases v2.0.0, v2.2.0, v2.3.0 and v2.3.2 shipped vulnerable. v1.1.1 is not affected (no custom_css field). The fix is not tagged and does not bump the version constant, so the upper bound cannot be stated as a version until a release is cut. It´s recommended to install from the repository.

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History

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize in the report theme CSS sanitizer in maalfer Pentestify 1.2.0 through 2.3.2 allows an authenticated user to force outbound HTTP requests from other users' browsers, disclosing their IP address and User-Agent, via CSS hex escapes that reconstruct the url() function and evade the sanitizer blocklist
Title CSS sanitizer bypass in Pentestify report themes allows forced outbound requests
First Time appeared Maalfer
Maalfer pentestify
Weaknesses CWE-180
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:maalfer:pentestify:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Maalfer
Maalfer pentestify
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}


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Maalfer Pentestify
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Secur0

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-19T14:23:17.894Z

Reserved: 2026-08-19T11:15:20.167Z

Link: CVE-2026-76203

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-19T15:18:10.450

Modified: 2026-08-19T15:18:10.450

Link: CVE-2026-76203

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-180

    Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize