# CVE-2026-33889: ApostropheCMS: Stored XSS via CSS Custom Property Injection in \`@apostrophecms/color-field\` Escaping Style Tag Context

- Also known as: GHSA-97V6-998M-FP4G
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.29.0
- Published: 2026-04-15 · Updated: 2026-04-16

## Affected

- apostrophecms apostrophe: fixed in 4.29.0
- apostrophe (npm): fixed in 4.29.0

## Description

ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. Versions 4.28.0 and prior contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the @apostrophecms/color-field module, where color values prefixed with -- bypass TinyColor validation intended for CSS custom properties, and the launder.string() call performs only type coercion without stripping HTML metacharacters. These unsanitized values are then concatenated directly into <style> tags both in per-widget style elements rendered for all visitors and in the global stylesheet rendered for editors, with the output marked as safe HTML. An editor can inject a value which closes the style tag and executes arbitrary JavaScript in the browser of every visitor to any page containing the affected widget. This enables mass session hijacking, cookie theft, and privilege escalation to administrative control if an admin views draft content. This issue has been fixed in version 4.29.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on apostrophecms apostrophe, apostrophe, upgrade to a fixed version (4.29.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-97v6-998m-fp4g
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/6a89bdb7acdb2e1e9bf1429961a6ba7f99410481

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