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Server side cross-site scripting In geonode

Description

GeoNode has Stored XSS in Documents metadata abstract field The abstract metadata of documents is not sanitised. It’s possible to store arbitrary HTML (and JS) that will be executed when visiting the page.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem
Component
Affected version
Patched versions

Aliases

1. CVE-2026-556492. NVD-2026-556493. OSV-2026-556494. GHSA-r4hm-p9f9-fj9v5. GCVE-2026-55649

References

1. https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/security/advisories/GHSA-r4hm-p9f9-fj9v2. https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/pull/143223. https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/pull/143434. https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/commit/0803857b22eba5b55729145ef401b1bc1c23e3325. https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/commit/730d8fae206ea5b051f630718aeecae1bf7b57606. https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/releases/tag/5.0.3

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