CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-41318

5.4 MEDIUM Published 2026-04-24 Modified 2026-10-26 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-04-24
Last modified
2026-10-26
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-116, CWE-1336, CWE-79

Description

AnythingLLM is an application that turns pieces of content into context that any LLM can use as references during chatting. Prior to version 1.12.1, AnythingLLM's in-chat markdown renderer has an unsafe custom rule for images that interpolates the markdown image's `alt` text into an HTML `alt="..."` attribute without any HTML encoding. Every call-site in the app wraps `renderMarkdown(...)` with `DOMPurify.sanitize(...)` as defense-in-depth — except the `Chartable` component, which renders chart captions with no sanitization. The chart caption is the natural-language text the LLM emits around a `create-chart` tool call, so any attacker who can influence the LLM's output — most cheaply via indirect prompt injection in a shared workspace document, or directly if they can create a chart record in a multi-user workspace — can trigger stored DOM-level XSS in every other user's browser when they open that conversation. AnythingLLM chat history is loaded server-side via `GET /api/workspace/:slug/chats` and rendered directly into the chat UI. Version 1.12.1 contains a patch for this issue.

Affected configurations

• mintplexlabs anythingllm (< 1.12.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (3)

  • CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output weakness
  • CWE-1336 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

References