high

CVE-2026-26192

PyPI · open-webui

Summary

Open WebUI vulnerable to Stored XSS via iFrame in citations model

Severity
high
CVSS
7.3
EPSS
0.2% (p9)
CWE
CWE-79
Also known as
GHSA-xc8p-9rr6-97r2
Published
2026-07-07
Updated
2026-07-07

Advisory details

Summary

Manually modifying chat history allows setting the html property within document metadata. This causes the frontend to enter a code path that treats document contents as HTML, and render them in an iFrame when the citation is previewed. This allows stored XSS via a weaponised document payload in a chat. The payload also executes when the citation is viewed on a shared chat.

Details

The vulnerability stems from how iFrame are implemented here: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/blob/6f1486ffd0cb288d0e21f41845361924e0d742b3/src/lib/components/chat/Messages/Citations/CitationModal.svelte#L163-L170 The html attribute can be controlled by a user who manually edits the chat history. Since allow-scripts and allow-same-origin are harcoded here the sandboxing offers essentially no protection.

PoC

Create an arbitrary chat with a file upload attached: image Edit the response image image Before saving, configure the browser to use an HTTP proxy tool (Burp/Caido/ZAP) and intercept the save request. Find the object within the history and then messages objects (not the messages array) that contains the document source. image Add html: true to metadata, update the document to an XSS payload, and forward the request. image Observe the payload is rendered in the iFrame and the javascript executes. image The payload also executes when viewed from a shared version of the chat. image

Impact

Any user can create a weaponised chat that can be shared and subsequently used to target other users.

Low privilege users are at risk of having their session taken over by a payload that reads their token from local storage and exfiltrates it to an attacker controlled server.

Admins are at risk of exposing the server to RCE via same chain described in https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w7xj-8fx7-wfch.

Caveats

The victim must expand the sources and click the document containing the payload to trigger this issue.

References

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Sources: CISA KEV (public domain), OSV.dev & GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY-4.0), FIRST EPSS, NVD/CWE (public domain). Served live from the Stateward advisory database.