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CVE-2026-27645: changedetection.io Vulnerable to Reflected XSS in RSS Single Watch Error Response

February 25, 2026

Three security vulnerabilities were identified in changedetection.io through source code review and live validation against a locally deployed Docker instance. All vulnerabilities were confirmed exploitable on the latest version (0.53.6) it was additionally validated at scale against 500 internet-facing instances discovered via FOFA search engine, producing 5K+ confirmed detections using a custom Nuclei template, demonstrating widespread real-world impact. The RSS single-watch endpoint reflects the UUID path parameter directly in the HTTP response body without HTML escaping. Since Flask returns text/html by default for plain string responses, the browser parses and executes injected JavaScript.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-mw8m-398g-h89w
  • github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io
  • github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/commit/a385c89abf44b52fcfa20c7c6a6dd3047c4c1eb5
  • github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/security/advisories/GHSA-mw8m-398g-h89w
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27645

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.53.7

Fixed versions

  • 0.53.7

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.53.7 or above.

Impact 6.1 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

pypi/changedetection.io/CVE-2026-27645.yml

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