# CVE-2026-118855: Akaunting stored cross-site scripting in invoice edit form

Affects Akaunting 3.3.0 invoice import, where a user with permission to create sales invoices and import XLSX files can plant a script that runs for a second user who opens the imported invoice's edit page. No fixed version is listed.

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-124325, GHSA-9XWP-MF2P-P42R
- Severity: CVSS 7.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Exposure: Specific setups only
- Attention: Reference. No open trigger. (last checked 2026-11-12)
- Published: 2026-11-12 · Updated: 2026-11-12

CVE-2026-118855 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 7.0 (high) and affects Akaunting; no fixed version is listed yet.

## Summary

Akaunting contains a stored cross-site scripting flaw in its invoice edit form. An attacker with invoice-creation permission can remotely import HTML into an invoice's status field, and that markup runs in the browser of another logged-in user who opens the invoice's edit form.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Who should check

Teams running Akaunting 3.3.0 that import invoices from XLSX files, and anyone who opens edit pages for imported invoices.

Source: https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/sabbath ("Akaunting 3.3.0 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in its invoice-import workflow.")

## Affected

- Akaunting: 3.3.0

## Description

Akaunting 3.3.0 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability through invoice import. An authenticated user with invoice-creation permission can import HTML in an invoice status field. When another authenticated user opens that invoice's edit form, Akaunting renders the stored status in a hidden input with raw Blade output, allowing attacker-controlled markup to execute in the victim's Akaunting origin.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Akaunting, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, run the stack.check operation (execute) on the cve.now MCP server (https://mcp.cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Check your systems with an agent

```text
Check whether my systems are affected by CVE-2026-118855 (Akaunting 3.3.0 - Stored XSS in invoice edit form through imported status), using the cve.now data below.

Rules: work read-only. Do not run exploit code, proof-of-concept scripts or scanners that send attack payloads, and do not change any configuration, package, image or deployment. Report findings only.

What cve.now has for CVE-2026-118855 (entry last updated 2026-11-12):
Affected:
- Akaunting Akaunting: versions 3.3.0
Fixed versions: none listed yet.
Conditions (all must be true for the bug to be hit):
- Akaunting 3.3.0 is affected (source: https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/sabbath)
- Attacker needs permission to create sales invoices and import XLSX invoices (source: https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/sabbath)
- A second user must open the imported invoice's edit page (source: https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/sabbath)
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
Attacker needs: network access, high-privilege login, a user action.
Workaround: Restrict invoice-import permission to trusted users and do not open edit pages for invoices imported from untrusted sources. (source: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118855)
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-118855 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
This KEV status is for CVE-2026-118855 only. If you also check another CVE, look up its own KEV status; never assume it from this one.

How to check:
- Installed software: check what is actually running, not what a repo declares. Read the version from each host, container image and Kubernetes node (the binary's version output, the OS package database, image layers), and check whether the conditions above hold there. Distribution packages may carry a backported fix under an older version number; confirm against the distribution's own advisory.

Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/sabbath
- https://github.com/akaunting/akaunting
- https://github.com/akaunting/akaunting/blob/3.3.0/app/Http/Requests/Document/Document.php
- https://github.com/akaunting/akaunting/blob/3.3.0/resources/views/components/form/input/hidden.blade.php
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118855
Do not conclude an asset is unaffected unless you checked it and the evidence covers both its version and the conditions above. If you could not check something, mark it unknown and say what is missing.

Report a table with one row per asset and these columns: Asset | Version or build | Status (affected, fixed, not applicable, unknown) | Compensating controls | Exposure (internet-facing, internal, none) | Evidence | Next action.

Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-118855
For follow-up questions, use the cve.now MCP server at https://mcp.cve.now/mcp (no authentication), for example execute with name cve.get and arguments {"id": "CVE-2026-118855"}.
```

## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-118855 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-118855

### What does this mean?

Imported invoice status values are not properly encoded, so a script stored in an imported XLSX invoice runs in the browser of a user who opens that invoice's edit page. The script runs with that user's origin and authenticated session.

Source: https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/sabbath, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118855

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-118855?

Akaunting: version 3.3.0.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-118855

### Am I affected, and how do I check?

Akaunting 3.3.0 is named as affected. The bug needs a user with permission to create sales invoices who imports an XLSX invoice file, and a second user who opens the resulting invoice's edit page. Check the installed Akaunting version against 3.3.0.

Source: https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/sabbath, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118855

### How do I fix CVE-2026-118855?

The facts name no fixed version and no vendor patch ids. Until a fix is published, restrict invoice-import permission to trusted users and do not open edit pages for invoices imported from untrusted sources.

Source: https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/sabbath, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118855

### What if there's no patch?

Restrict invoice-import permission to trusted users and do not open edit pages for invoices imported from untrusted sources.

Source: https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/sabbath, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118855

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## References

### CVE record

Establishes: The identifier and description.

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118855
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118855

### Other links

- https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/sabbath
- https://github.com/akaunting/akaunting
- https://github.com/akaunting/akaunting/blob/3.3.0/app/Http/Requests/Document/Document.php
- https://github.com/akaunting/akaunting/blob/3.3.0/resources/views/components/form/input/hidden.blade.php

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