# CVE-2026-90583: kagisearch smallweb Query String Rendering sw.py index cross site scripting

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-09-13 · Updated: 2026-09-15

## Affected

- kagisearch smallweb: version range not reported

## Description

A security flaw has been discovered in kagisearch smallweb up to 0ecb9c48edbf98dc7e934b54fbac43869e64b4cf. The affected element is the function index of the file app/sw.py of the component Query String Rendering. Performing a manipulation of the argument qs results in cross site scripting. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. This product adopts a rolling release strategy to maintain continuous delivery. Therefore, version details for affected or updated releases cannot be specified. The patch is named 00b68144e583f20a6b67e29cf01bc07f57979ffb. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. Exploitability requires a raw HTTP request carrying unencoded double-quote characters in the query string - Werkzeug's request.query_string returns the raw request-target, and ordinary browsers percent-encode " as %22, so the payload only lands via netcat/curl-style raw sockets.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on kagisearch smallweb, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403168
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403168/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90583
- https://vuldb.com/submit/913779
- https://github.com/kagisearch/smallweb/issues/854
- https://github.com/kagisearch/smallweb/commit/00b68144e583f20a6b67e29cf01bc07f57979ffb
- https://github.com/kagisearch/smallweb/

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