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CVE-2026-0873VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2026-0873: Ercom Cryptobox · XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting'

Affects Ercom CryptoboxSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.8 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
4.8Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 19% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 4 Feb 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
ErcomCryptoboxAffected–Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2026-0873, European organizations should implement the following specific measures: 1) Apply any available patches or updates from Ercom promptly once released. 2) Enforce strict input validation and sanitization on all administrative web interfaces to prevent injection of malicious scripts. 3) Review and tighten access controls to minimize the number of entity administrators and enforce the principle of least privilege. 4) Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all administrative accounts to reduce the risk of credential compromise. 5) Monitor administrative activities and logs for unusual privilege escalations or access patterns. 6) Conduct regular security audits and penetration testing focused on administrative segregation and web interface vulnerabilities. 7) Educate administrators about phishing and social engineering risks that could lead to credential theft. 8) Consider network segmentation to isolate administrative consoles from general user networks. These steps go beyond generic advice by focusing on the specific context of entity-based administrative segregation and web interface input handling.

Description

On a Cryptobox platform where administrator segregation based on entities is used, some vulnerabilities in Ercom Cryptobox administration console allows an authenticated entity administrator with knowledge to elevate his account to global administrator.

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