# CVE-2026-45315: Open WebUI: Stored XSS via attacker-controlled file extension in /api/v1/audio/transcriptions

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-2748, GHSA-M8F9-9WHG-F4XR
- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.9.3
- Published: 2026-05-15 · Updated: 2026-05-19

## Affected

- open-webui: fixed in 0.9.3
- open-webui (PyPI): fixed in 0.9.3

## Description

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.3, the audio transcription upload endpoint takes the file extension from the user-supplied filename and saves the file under CACHE_DIR/audio/transcriptions/.. The /cache/{path} route serves these files via FileResponse, which sets Content-Type from the on-disk extension and emits no Content-Disposition. A verified user with the default-on chat.stt permission can upload a polyglot WAV+HTML file named pwn.html and trick any other user into opening the resulting URL — the response comes back as text/html and any embedded <script> runs in the Open WebUI origin. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on open-webui, upgrade to a fixed version (0.9.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-m8f9-9whg-f4xr

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