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CVE-2026-44721: Open WebUI: Stored XSS via Model Description

HighCVSS 7.3 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 29/100)

  • 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: 0.30% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: open-webui open-webui 0.9.0.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to open-webui open-webui 0.9.0 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

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows any authenticated user with model creation permission (workspace.models) to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browser of any other user (including admins) who views the malicious model in the chat UI. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.

Published
May 15, 2026
Updated
Nov 11, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 23th percentile

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Action score

29

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
29 / 40 · 7.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · GitHub_M
7.3
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
openwebuiopen webui

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • open-webui open-webui

    • < 0.9.0affected

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • openwebui open webuibefore 0.9.0

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
npmopen-webuibefore 0.9.00.9.0
PyPIopen-webuibefore 0.9.00.9.0

Same product

openwebui: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-44566Open WebUI: Arbitrary File Upload and Path Traversal
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-56400open-webui - Remote Code Execution via CORS Misconfiguration and Session Validation
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2026-59216Open WebUI: Cross-user code-interpreter and tool execution via unvalidated Socket.IO event-caller session_id
    36Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-45671May 15, 2026 · Open WebUI: shared-chat branch ignores access_type, allowing unauthorized file deletion
    32Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-45675May 15, 2026 · Open WebUI: LDAP and OAuth First-User Race Condition Allows Multiple Admin Accounts
    32Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-45385May 15, 2026 · Open WebUI: An IDOR vulnerability exists in the update_message_by_id API endpoint
    17Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
open-webui open-webui0.9.0 · descriptionVendor (CNA)
npm:open-webui0.9.0Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:open-webui0.9.0Package registry (OSV)

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.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-5921455 days apartOpen WebUI: Stored web worker XSS via Pyodide
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2024-8017421 days apartCross-site Scripting (XSS) in open-webui/open-webui
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2024-7044421 days apartStored XSS in open-webui/open-webui
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-445490 days apartOpen WebUI: Stored XSS in excel file preview
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2026-453150 days apartOpen WebUI: Stored XSS via attacker-controlled file extension in /api/v1/audio/transcriptions
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2026-87995117 days apartOpen WebUI: Same-origin XSS to account takeover via terminal port-preview iframe hardcoding allow-same-origin
    34Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

  • CVE-2026-445510 days apartOpen WebUI: LDAP Empty Password Authentication Bypass
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2026-453970 days apartOpen WebUI: Unauthenticated RAG Configuration Disclosure
    21Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

Fixed

ts
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.

ATT&CK techniques

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