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Reflected XSS in ATutor

Type: advisorySources: OSV

ATutor is vulnerable to Reflected XSS in restore functionality. An attacker can provide a specially crafted URL that, when opened, results in arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser. Product is no longer actively supported and the vulnerabilities have not been fixed. Only version 2.2.4 was tested and confirmed as vulnerable, other versions were not tested but might also be vulnerable.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-64971
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
8 Nov 2026, 01:20 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Reflected XSS in ATutor

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Aug 2026, 13:58 UTC

ATutor is vulnerable to Reflected XSS in restore functionality. An attacker can provide a specially crafted URL that, when opened, results in arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser. Product is no longer actively supported and the vulnerabilities have not been fixed. Only version 2.2.4 was tested and confirmed as vulnerable, other versions were not tested but might also be vulnerable.

osv:CVE-2026-64971
Complete source record
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