Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-44259 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-44259 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-44259?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.6, published 12 May 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Eurotherm efw4.X < 4.08.010.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-44259?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-44259 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-44259?
- Check whether you run Eurotherm efw4.X at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the previewServlet component of efw4.X. The servlet determines the MIME type of a file based solely on its extension (e.g., .html, .svg) and serves the content directly to the browser without sanitization or protective security headers like Content-Security-Policy or X-Content-Type-Options. An attacker with low-level privileges can upload a malicious file to the elfinder storage; when a victim previews this file, the embedded JavaScript executes within the application's origin. This allows the attacker to bypass same-origin protections and perform authenticated requests (CSRF) or session hijacking. The issue is resolved in version 4.08.010.
Affected products
- efwGrp efw4.X < 4.08.010
Timeline
- 2026-04-28: advisory: GitHub Security Advisory published
- 2026-05-12: disclosed: CVE published to NVD