Description
wger is a free, open-source workout and fitness manager. In versions 2.5 and below, the attribution_link property in AbstractLicenseModel constructs HTML by directly interpolating user-controlled license fields (such as license_author) without escaping, and templates render the result using Django's |safe filter. An authenticated user can create an ingredient with a malicious license_author value containing JavaScript, which executes in the browser of any visitor viewing the ingredient page, resulting in stored XSS. This issue has been fixed in version 2.5.
Published: 2026-04-17
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6f54-qjvm-wwq3 wger has Stored XSS via Unescaped License Attribution Fields
History

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wger-project
Wger-project wger
Vendors & Products Wger-project
Wger-project wger

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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Description wger is a free, open-source workout and fitness manager. In versions 2.5 and below, the attribution_link property in AbstractLicenseModel constructs HTML by directly interpolating user-controlled license fields (such as license_author) without escaping, and templates render the result using Django's |safe filter. An authenticated user can create an ingredient with a malicious license_author value containing JavaScript, which executes in the browser of any visitor viewing the ingredient page, resulting in stored XSS. This issue has been fixed in version 2.5.
Title wger: Stored XSS via Unescaped License Attribution Fields
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

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


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Wger-project Wger
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-17T21:16:12.401Z

Reserved: 2026-04-10T22:50:01.359Z

Link: CVE-2026-40353

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-17T22:16:33.077

Modified: 2026-04-17T22:16:33.077

Link: CVE-2026-40353

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-17T22:30:29Z

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