Vulnerability · Published Feb 19, 2026 · Assigned by INCIBE

CVE-2026-2736Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Alkacon's OpenCms

Medium 5.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in OpenCms from Alkacon. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)5.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Alkacon's OpenCms v18.0, which allows an attacker to execute JavaScript code in the victim's browser by sending the victim a malicious URL containing the ‘q’ parameter in ‘/search/index.html’. This vulnerability can be exploited to steal sensitive user information such as session cookies, or to perform actions while impersonating the user.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Alkacon OpenCms 18.0

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

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