Action captions in Vaadin accept HTML by default but were not sanitized, potentially allowing Cross-site Scripting (XSS) if caption content is derived from user input.

In Vaadin Framework 7 and 8, the Action class is a general-purpose class that may be used by multiple components. The fixed versions sanitize captions by default and provide an API to explicitly enable HTML content mode for backwards compatibility.

In Vaadin 23 and newer, the Action class is only used by the Spreadsheet component. The fixed versions sanitize HTML using Jsoup with a relaxed safelist.

Vaadin 14 is not affected as Spreadsheet component was not supported.

Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation or upgrade. Releases that have fixed this issue include:

Product version
Vaadin 7.0.0 - 7.7.49
Vaadin 8.0.0 - 8.29.1
Vaadin 23.1.0 - 23.6.5
Vaadin 24.0.0 - 24.8.13
Vaadin 24.9.0 - 24.9.6

Mitigation
Upgrade to 7.7.50
Upgrade to 8.30.0
Upgrade to 23.6.6
Upgrade to 24.8.14 or 24.9.7
Upgrade to 25.0.0 or newer

Artifacts     Maven coordinatesVulnerable versionsFixed versioncom.vaadin:vaadin-server
7.0.0 - 7.7.49
≥7.7.50
com.vaadin:vaadin-server
8.0.0 - 8.29.1
≥8.30.0
com.vaadin:vaadin
23.1.0 - 23.6.5
≥23.6.6
com.vaadin:vaadin24.0.0 - 24.8.13
≥24.8.14
com.vaadin:vaadin24.9.0 - 24.9.6
≥24.9.7
com.vaadin:vaadin-spreadsheet-flow
23.1.0 - 23.6.5
≥23.6.6
com.vaadin:vaadin-spreadsheet-flow
24.0.0 - 24.8.13
≥24.8.14
com.vaadin:vaadin-spreadsheet-flow
24.9.0 - 24.9.6
≥24.9.7
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7wwv-79xw-rvvg Vaadin vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
Fixes

Solution

Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation or upgrade.


Workaround

Ensure that Action captions are not derived from untrusted user input, or manually sanitize any user-provided content before using it as an Action caption.

History

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Vaadin
Vaadin framework
Vaadin vaadin
Vaadin vaadin-spreadsheet-flow
Vendors & Products Vaadin
Vaadin framework
Vaadin vaadin
Vaadin vaadin-spreadsheet-flow

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 05 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000

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Description Action captions in Vaadin accept HTML by default but were not sanitized, potentially allowing Cross-site Scripting (XSS) if caption content is derived from user input. In Vaadin Framework 7 and 8, the Action class is a general-purpose class that may be used by multiple components. The fixed versions sanitize captions by default and provide an API to explicitly enable HTML content mode for backwards compatibility. In Vaadin 23 and newer, the Action class is only used by the Spreadsheet component. The fixed versions sanitize HTML using Jsoup with a relaxed safelist. Vaadin 14 is not affected as Spreadsheet component was not supported. Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation or upgrade. Releases that have fixed this issue include: Product version Vaadin 7.0.0 - 7.7.49 Vaadin 8.0.0 - 8.29.1 Vaadin 23.1.0 - 23.6.5 Vaadin 24.0.0 - 24.8.13 Vaadin 24.9.0 - 24.9.6 Mitigation Upgrade to 7.7.50 Upgrade to 8.30.0 Upgrade to 23.6.6 Upgrade to 24.8.14 or 24.9.7 Upgrade to 25.0.0 or newer Artifacts     Maven coordinatesVulnerable versionsFixed versioncom.vaadin:vaadin-server 7.0.0 - 7.7.49 ≥7.7.50 com.vaadin:vaadin-server 8.0.0 - 8.29.1 ≥8.30.0 com.vaadin:vaadin 23.1.0 - 23.6.5 ≥23.6.6 com.vaadin:vaadin24.0.0 - 24.8.13 ≥24.8.14 com.vaadin:vaadin24.9.0 - 24.9.6 ≥24.9.7 com.vaadin:vaadin-spreadsheet-flow 23.1.0 - 23.6.5 ≥23.6.6 com.vaadin:vaadin-spreadsheet-flow 24.0.0 - 24.8.13 ≥24.8.14 com.vaadin:vaadin-spreadsheet-flow 24.9.0 - 24.9.6 ≥24.9.7
Title Cross-site scripting in Action caption
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/S:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Vaadin

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-05T21:11:31.883Z

Reserved: 2025-12-22T07:12:40.732Z

Link: CVE-2025-15022

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-05T21:11:27.172Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-05T08:15:56.993

Modified: 2026-01-05T08:15:56.993

Link: CVE-2025-15022

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-01-06T14:17:44Z

Weaknesses