# CVE-2026-34246: CtrlPanel: Stored XSS in Admin Role Management via Unescaped DataTable HTML Output

- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.2.0
- Published: 2026-05-19 · Updated: 2026-05-20

## Affected

- Ctrlpanel-gg panel: fixed in 1.2.0

## Description

CtrlPanel is open-source billing software for hosting providers. Versions 1.1.1 and prior contain a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the admin role management interface. In app/Http/Controllers/Admin/RoleController.php, the datatable() method interpolates $role->name and $role->color directly into a <span> element's HTML and style attribute without sanitization, and the chained .rawColumns(['actions', 'name']) call instructs DataTables to render the name column as raw HTML, bypassing automatic output escaping. An admin with role creation or edit permissions can inject a payload such as <img src=x onerror="alert('XSS_POC')"> into the name or color fields, which is persisted to the database and executes in the browser of every admin who loads the /admin/roles page. This enables session hijacking via cookie theft, credential harvesting through fake login prompts or keyloggers, lateral privilege escalation by performing admin actions on behalf of victims, and a persistent backdoor that re-executes on every page load until the malicious role record is removed. This issue has been resolved in version 1.2.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Ctrlpanel-gg panel, upgrade to a fixed version (1.2.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/Ctrlpanel-gg/panel/security/advisories/GHSA-wpqj-xwhq-2mmh
- https://github.com/Ctrlpanel-gg/panel/releases/tag/1.2.0

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