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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.1 Medium

CVE-2026-40229

Helpy 2.8.0 - Stored XSS in post author display via PostsHelper

Description

Helpy contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the post author display logic. Any registered user can persist arbitrary HTML in their account name field and cause it to be rendered unescaped in public forum threads where they participate, in the admin ticket view, and in HTML notification emails sent to other users.This issue affects helpy: 2.8.0.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

helpyio helpy

Default version status: unaffected

  • 2.8.0affected

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