CVE-2026-55562: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in jhuckaby Cronicle
Description
Cronicle is a multi-server task scheduler and runner, with a web based front-end UI. Prior to 0.9.119, the administrator Activity Log in htdocs/js/pages/admin/Activity.js concatenates the attacker-controlled item.user.full_name value into HTML without applying encode_entities and inserts the result through this.div.html. The bundled pixl-server-user input filter can be bypassed by a tag containing a line break because its regular expression does not match newlines. An authenticated non-administrator can update the attacker's own name through /api/user/update using a valid session and current password; when free_accounts is enabled, an anonymous attacker can instead plant the name during self-registration. The stored name executes script in an administrator's session when the Activity Log is opened, enabling administrator takeover and subsequent command execution through privileged Cronicle features. This issue is fixed in version 0.9.119.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.0critical
Affected software
jhuckaby
Cronicle
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- GitHub_M
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-16T23:11:20.214Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ace610f2cdf04f656890a0d
Added to database: 10/13/2026, 16:49:19 UTC
Last updated: 10/13/2026, 16:49:19 UTC
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