Vulnerability · Published Aug 26, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-32258Winter: Stored XSS through Editor Settings custom styles

High 8.1

In plain English

A high-severity cross-site scripting in winter from wintercms. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 67.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Winter is a free, open-source content management system (CMS) based on the Laravel PHP framework. From 1.2.10 through 1.2.12, authenticated backend users with the backend.manage_editor permission can store custom Markup Styles that are compiled by the LESS parser and rendered without sanitization on every backend page, allowing stored cross-site scripting. This issue is fixed in version 1.2.13.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Packagistwinter/wn-backend-module1.2.13GHSA-vgp4-2fc4-qff2

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
wintercms winter >= 1.2.10, < 1.2.13

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

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