CVE-2026-19744: Stored Cross-site Scripting in Pentestify Markdown renderer via unescaped quotes

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v4.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-08-13 · updated 2026-09-01
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site Scripting in the Markdown renderer in maalfer Pentestify before 2.3.2 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the application origin via a Markdown link whose URL contains a double quote, which closes the anchor's href attribute because the renderer's sanitization step does not escape quotes

Affected products

maalfer Pentestify: before 2.3.2 — fixed in 2.3.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: maalfer Pentestify 2.3.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/ccyl13/Pentestify/commit/272f7d6033fd93fbc858835f55d616157041f123
https://github.com/ccyl13/Pentestify/releases/tag/v2.3.2
https://secur0.com/en/cna/cve-list/cve-2026-19744-stored-xss-in-pentestify-markdown-renderer-via-unescaped-quotes

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