# CVE-2026-40230: Helpy 2.8.0 - Stored XSS in knowledgebase Doc body rendering

- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-04-29 · Updated: 2026-04-29

## Affected

- helpyio helpy: 2.8.0

## Description

Helpy contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the knowledge base Doc rendering logic. An authenticated attacker with admin or agent editor privileges can persist arbitrary HTML or JavaScript in the body field of a knowledge base Doc.This issue affects helpy: 2.8.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on helpyio helpy, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://fluidattacks.com/es/advisories/prisioneros
- https://github.com/helpyio/helpy

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