PT-2026-35950 · Helpy.Io · Helpy

Oscar Uribe · Published 2026-04-29 · Updated 2026-04-29 · CVE-2026-40229

NVD

CVSS v4.0

5.1

Medium

AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Helpy contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the post author display logic. Any registered user can persist arbitrary HTML in their account name field and cause it to be rendered unescaped in public forum threads where they participate, in the admin ticket view, and in HTML notification emails sent to other users.This issue affects helpy: 2.8.0.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-40229

Affected Products

Helpy

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40229 · Security Note
• https://github.com/helpyio/helpy · Note
• https://fluidattacks.com/es/advisories/offspring · Note