CVE-2026-40229 | BDVDB-2026-329645 Detail

helpyiohelpy

Description#

Helpy contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the post author display logic. Any registered user can persist arbitrary HTML in their account name field and cause it to be rendered unescaped in public forum threads where they participate, in the admin ticket view, and in HTML notification emails sent to other users.This issue affects helpy: 2.8.0.

Impact#

CAPEC-592 Stored XSS

Weaknesses#

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

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12026-04-29Record published in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2026-04-29
Last modified: 2026-04-29

Vendor information

Vendor: helpyio
Product: helpy

All helpyio vulnerabilities

Score

5.1 Medium

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 7.2.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Cross-Site Scripting

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
2.8.0
Fixed
Not stated

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

5.1 Medium

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Attack Requirements	None
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	Passive
Vulnerable System Confidentiality	Low
Vulnerable System Integrity	Low
Vulnerable System Availability	None
Subsequent System Confidentiality	Low
Subsequent System Integrity	Low
Subsequent System Availability	None

CVSS v3.1

Not available

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).