MQTTX desktop through 1.13.3 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows attackers to inject script by publishing…
CVE-2026-126495
MQTTX desktop through 1.13.3 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows attackers to inject script by publishing malicious MQTT topic names or payloads rendered unescaped in tooltips. Attackers controlling a broker or publishing to subscribed topics can execute script in the Electron renderer, which has nodeIntegration enabled, when victims hover Topic Tree or JSON tree nodes.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 5.3 (v4.0)
- Severity
- Medium
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 11 November 2026
- Last updated
- 11 November 2026
- Assigner
- VulnCheck
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
At the source
References
- https://github.com/emqx/MQTTX/issues/2180
- https://github.com/emqx/MQTTX/blob/v1.13.3/src/widgets/TreeView.vue#L195-L226
- https://github.com/emqx/MQTTX/blob/v1.13.3/src/widgets/JSONViewer.vue#L175-L184
- https://github.com/emqx/MQTTX/blob/v1.13.3/src/background.ts#L276-L283
- https://github.com/emqx/MQTTX
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mqttx-through-1.13.3-stored-xss-via-topic-tree-and-json-tree-tooltips
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