Medium

Alkacon OpenCMS XSS via Mercury template

  • Disclosed: 13.12.2023
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:21

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Alkacon Software Open CMS, affecting versions 14 and 15 of the 'Mercury' template. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to send a specially crafted JavaScript payload to a victim and partially take control of their browsing session.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.opencms:opencms-core >= 14.0.0, < 16.0.0 16.0.0

References

CVSS score 5.4/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.opencms:opencms-core
Disclosed
13.12.2023
Updated
11.10.2026 12:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-w62v-q77r-66cc - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.opencms:opencms-core

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (31) in the archive
Total entries
31
First → latest
11.2019 05.2026
Without a fix
4
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 3
  • Medium 17
  • Low 11

Disclosures per year

  1. 2019: 4
  2. 2020: 0
  3. 2021: 1
  4. 2022: 15
  5. 2023: 3
  6. 2024: 1
  7. 2025: 3
  8. 2026: 4
Severity:
  1. Alkacon OpenCMS XSS via Mercury template this entry
    Medium · 5.4 CVE-2023-6379 >= 14.0.0, < 16.0.0 16.0.0
  2. High · 7.8 CVE-2019-11819 < 11.0.0 11.0.0

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