Medium

changedetection.io Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

  • Disclosed: 03.05.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 15:17

Summary

Input in parameter notification_urls is not processed resulting in javascript execution in the application

Details

changedetection.io version: v0.45.21

https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/blob/0.45.21/changedetectionio/forms.py#L226

        for server_url in field.data:
            if not apobj.add(server_url):
                message = field.gettext('\'%s\' is not a valid AppRise URL.' % (server_url))
                raise ValidationError(message)

PoC

Setting > ADD Notification URL List

image

"><img src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)>

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Requests

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Impact

A reflected XSS vulnerability happens when the user input from a URL or POST data is reflected on the page without being stored, thus allowing the attacker to inject malicious content

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) changedetection-io < 0.45.22 0.45.22

References

CVSS score 4.3/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
changedetection-io
Disclosed
03.05.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 15:17

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-1243 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-pwgc-w4x9-gw67 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: changedetection-io

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

All (20) in the archive
Total entries
20
First → latest
02.2023 05.2026
Without a fix
1
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 2
  • High 9
  • Medium 6
  • Low 2
  • Unrated 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2023: 1
  2. 2024: 6
  3. 2025: 2
  4. 2026: 11
Severity:
  1. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-41895 <= 0.54.9 no fix
  2. High · 8.6 CVE-2026-27696 < 0.54.1 0.54.1
  3. High CVE-2025-52558 < 0.50.4 0.50.4
  4. changedetection.io Cross-site Scripting vulnerability this entry
    Medium · 4.3 CVE-2024-34061 < 0.45.22 0.45.22

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