HTML injection in Credentials Manager in Guardian/CMC before 26.1.0
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 19/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.19% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Nozomi Networks CMC 26.1.0; Nozomi Networks Guardian 26.1.0.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Nozomi Networks CMC 26.1.0; Nozomi Networks Guardian 26.1.0 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
A Stored HTML Injection vulnerability was discovered in the Credentials Manager functionality due to improper validation of an input parameter. An authenticated user with administrative privileges can define a malicious identity containing HTML tags. When a victim attempts to delete the affected identity, the injected HTML renders in their browser, enabling phishing and possibly open redirect attacks. Full XSS exploitation and direct information disclosure are prevented by the existing input validation and Content Security Policy configuration.
- Published
- May 19, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 8th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-79
Report tools
Action score
19
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 19 / 40 · 4.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · Nozomi
- 4.8
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| nozominetworks | cmc | cpe:2.3:a:nozominetworks:cmc |
| nozominetworks | guardian | cpe:2.3:a:nozominetworks:guardian |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- nozominetworks cmcbefore 26.1.0
- nozominetworks guardianbefore 26.1.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Nozomi). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Nozomi Networks CMC
- before 26.1.0affected · semver
Nozomi Networks Guardian
- before 26.1.0affected · semver
Same product
nozominetworks: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2023-2567Authenticated SQL Injection on Query functionality in Guardian/CMC before 22.6.3 and 23.1.034Monitor
- CVE-2023-23574Authenticated Blind SQL Injection on alerts count in Guardian/CMC before 22.6.234Monitor
- CVE-2023-22378Authenticated Blind SQL Injection on sorting in Guardian/CMC before 22.6.234Monitor
- CVE-2022-4259Authenticated SQL Injection on Alerts in Guardian/CMC before 22.5.234Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Nozomi Networks CMC | 26.1.0 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Nozomi Networks Guardian | 26.1.0 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Stefano Libero and Andrea PalancaNozomi Networks Product Security team during an internal investigation.finder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2025-40892152 days apartStored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Reports in Guardian/CMC before 25.5.028Monitor
- CVE-2025-40893152 days apartHTML injection in Asset List in Guardian/CMC before 25.5.021Monitor
- CVE-2025-409040 days apartHTML injection in Smart Polling in Guardian/CMC before 26.1.020Monitor
- CVE-2025-409020 days apartHTML injection in Users in Guardian/CMC before 26.1.019Monitor
- CVE-2025-409030 days apartHTML injection in Schedule Restore Archive in Guardian/CMC before 26.1.019Monitor
- CVE-2026-3198151 days apartHTML injection in Diagram tab and Graph view in Guardian/CMC before 26.2.019Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- P
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/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
nvd-secondary
Root cause
User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-79 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;Fixed
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.