CVE-2026-41241

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Published 2026-04-23 · Modified 2026-05-20

CVSS v3

5.4

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2

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VIR risk

5.4

Description

pretalx is a conference planning tool. Prior to 2026.1.0, The organiser search in the pretalx backend rendered submission titles, speaker display names, and user names/emails into the result dropdown using innerHTML string interpolation. Any user who controls one of those fields (which includes any registered user whose display name is looked up by an administrator) could include HTML or JavaScript that would execute in an organiser's browser when the organiser's search query matched the malicious record. This vulnerability is fixed in 2026.1.0.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

64%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security-advisories@github.com — https://github.com/pretalx/pretalx/security/advisories/GHSA-cjcx-jfp2-f7m2

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
PyPI	pretalx	`<2026.1.0`	`2026.1.0`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
pretalx	pretalx	`{"endExcluding":"2026.1.0"}`	`2026.1.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.