CVE-2026-40596

Summary (CVE-2026-40596): MantisBT versions 2.11.0–2.28.1 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting via an authenticated user updating their font-family preference. The XSS payload is reflected on every page; with a CSP bypass (GHSA-9c3j-xm6v-j7j3) this could enable account takeover. The issue is fi...

CVE-2026-40596 MantisBT is vulnerable to XSS and potential account takeover via user font family preference update

Mantis Bug Tracker MantisBT is an open source issue tracker. Versions 2.11.0 through 2.28.1 allow any authenticated user to inject arbitrary HTML by updating their account's font family. Upon exploitation, an XSS payload would be reflected on every MantisBT page. Leveraging another vulnerability...

CVE-2026-40596 MantisBT is vulnerable to XSS and potential account takeover via user font family preference update

Mantis Bug Tracker MantisBT is an open source issue tracker. Versions 2.11.0 through 2.28.1 allow any authenticated user to inject arbitrary HTML by updating their account's font family. Upon exploitation, an XSS payload would be reflected on every MantisBT page. Leveraging another vulnerability...

Dompdf RCE via Malicious Font Caching (CVE-2022-28368)

This module exploits CVE-2022-28368, a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in dompdf versions prior to 1.2.1. The vulnerability exists because dompdf preserves the original file extension when caching fonts downloaded via CSS @font-face rules. By pointing a @font-face src to a .php file containin...

📄 dompdf Remote Code Execution

This Metasploit module exploits CVE-2022-28368, a remote code execution vulnerability in dompdf versions prior to 1.2.1. The vulnerability exists because dompdf preserves the original file extension when caching fonts downloaded via CSS @font-face rules. By pointing a @font-face src to a .php fil...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in xrdp

XRDPTRP is an open-source remote desktop protocol server. Access to the font glyphs in xrdppainter.c is not bounded. Since some of this data is controllable by the user, this can lead to an out-of-bounds read within the xrdp executable. The vulnerability allows for an out-of-bounds read within a...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: fbcon: Release the buffer when fbcondosetfont fails. syzbot is reporting a memory leak at fbcondosetfont, for the commit a5a923038d70 “fbdev: fbcon: Properly revert changes when vcresize fails”. It was overlooked that the...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in xterm

xterm before 375 allows code execution via font ops. For example, an OSC 50 response may trigger Ctrl-g, thereby leading to command execution within the vi line-editing mode of Zsh. NOTE: Font ops are not allowed in the default configurations of xterm in some Linux distributions...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Firefox

Due to unexpected data type conversions, a use-after-free might have occurred when interacting with the font cache. We assume that with sufficient effort, this vulnerability could have been exploited to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox versions earlier than 88...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10, Linux

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vt: Clear the selection before changing the font. When changing the console font using ioctlKDFONTOP, the new font size may be larger than the previous one. As a result, a previously selected item may now be outside the new scree...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.15, Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbcon: The old font data is always restored in fbcondosetfont. The commit a5a923038d70 fbdev: fbcon: Properly revert changes when vcresize fails started restoring old font data upon failure of vcresize. However, this only applies...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Firefox

While the text displayed in Autofill tooltips cannot be directly read by JavaScript, the text was rendered using page fonts. Side-channel attacks on the text by using specially crafted fonts could have led to this text being interpreted by the webpage. This vulnerability affects Firefox versions...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in WebKit2GTK

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the SVG implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before version 35.0.1916.114. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially cause unspecified other impacts through vectors that trigger the removal of an...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux, Linux 5.10

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerabilities have been resolved: lib/fonts: Fixed undefined behavior in bit shifting for getdefaultfont. Shifting a signed 32-bit value by 31 bits is undefined; therefore, the significant bit was changed to unsigned. The UBSAN warning “calltrace” is as follow...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in grub2

A buffer overflow was detected in grubfontconstructglyph. A maliciously crafted pf2 font can cause an overflow when calculating the maxglyphsize value. This results in allocating a buffer that is smaller than necessary for the glyph, leading to another buffer overflow and an out-of-bounds write t...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10, Linux

When setting a font using malicious data via the ioctl command PIOFONT, the kernel will write memory beyond its bounds...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Firefox and Thunderbird

When saving a page as a PDF, certain font styles might lead to a potential “use-after-free” crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox 126, Firefox ESR 115.11, and Thunderbird 115.11...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10, Linux, Linux 5.15

A flaw was discovered in the Framebuffer Console fbcon within the Linux kernel. When values greater than 32 are provided for font-width and font-height in the fbconsetfont function, due to lack of proper checks, an out-of-bounds situation may occur, resulting in undefined behavior and potentially...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Firefox and Thunderbird

A type check was missing when handling fonts in PDF.js, which would allow arbitrary JavaScript execution within the PDF.js context. This vulnerability affects Firefox 126, Firefox ESR 115.11, and Thunderbird 115.11...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Qt4-X11, qtsvg-opensource-src

In Qt versions prior to 5.15.14, 6.0.x through 6.2.x before 6.2.9, and 6.3.x through 6.5.x before 6.5.1, the initialization of munitsPerEm in QtSvg QSvgFont is handled incorrectly...