CVE-2026-21872 (GCVE-0-2026-21872)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-01-08 09:50
Modified
2026-01-08 15:13
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
NiceGUI is a Python-based UI framework. From versions 2.22.0 to 3.4.1, an unsafe implementation in the click event listener used by ui.sub_pages, combined with attacker-controlled link rendering on the page, causes XSS when the user actively clicks on the link. This issue has been patched in version 3.5.0.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
zauberzeug nicegui Version: >= 2.22.0, < 3.5.0
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