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Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Alkacon's OpenCms

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Alkacon's OpenCms v18.0, which allows an attacker to execute JavaScript code in the victim's browser by sending the victim a malicious URL containing the ‘q’ parameter in ‘/search/index.html’. This vulnerability can be exploited to steal sensitive user information such as session cookies, or to perform actions while impersonating the user.

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CVEs
CVE-2026-2736
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4 Nov 2026, 21:23 UTC · Revision 1

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Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Alkacon's OpenCms

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Feb 2026, 08:39 UTC

Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Alkacon's OpenCms v18.0, which allows an attacker to execute JavaScript code in the victim's browser by sending the victim a malicious URL containing the ‘q’ parameter in ‘/search/index.html’. This vulnerability can be exploited to steal sensitive user information such as session cookies, or to perform actions while impersonating the user.

osv:CVE-2026-2736
Complete source record
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  "id": "73d1c65b67ab97b9ac0680a377abba9a92f9077a4f69531a70edcce21ed00d48",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-2736",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Alkacon's OpenCms",
    "summary": "Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Alkacon's OpenCms v18.0, which allows an attacker to execute JavaScript code in the victim's browser by sending the victim a malicious URL containing the ‘q’ parameter in ‘/search/index.html’. This vulnerability can be exploited to steal sensitive user information such as session cookies, or to perform actions while impersonating the user.",
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        }
      ],
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:alkacon:opencms:18.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:39.490435313Z",
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      ],
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                  }
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              }
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 507214,
  "published_at": "2026-02-19T08:39:46.15+00:00"
}