# CVE-2026-82381: Apache Roller stored cross-site scripting in authoring UI

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-82381-improper-neutralization-of-input-during-web-page-generation-cross  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-09-28. Updated: 2026-09-28  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-82381 · Severity: medium · CVSS 5.4 · Published 2026-09-28

Apache Roller is a web publishing platform used for creating and managing blogs. A user with authoring rights can inject malicious code that executes in another author's or administrator's browser when they access the authoring interface, potentially allowing account takeover or credential theft. The vulnerability affects all multi-author weblog setups where authors are not fully trusted with each other.

Technologies: [Apache Roller](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/roller). Vendors: [Apache](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/apache).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-82381 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-82381 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-82381?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.4, published 28 September 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Apache Roller 6.1.5 and earlier.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-82381?** A patch was published on 2026-09-05: Fix merged in PR #168 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**How is CVE-2026-82381 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-82381?** Check whether you run Apache Roller 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

The vulnerability is a stored XSS in Apache Roller's authoring UI caused by user-controlled values embedded directly into inline JavaScript string literals and written to the page via jQuery's .html() method without proper encoding. An authenticated author can craft malicious content that breaks out of JavaScript literals and executes arbitrary code in another author's or administrator's session. The fix in version 6.1.6 moves these values out of JavaScript literals into HTML data attributes and uses text APIs instead of .html() for rendering.

## Affected products

- Apache Roller 6.1.5 and earlier

## Timeline

- 2026-09-28: disclosed
- 2026-09-05: patched: Fix merged in PR #168

## References

- [https://github.com/apache/roller/pull/168](https://github.com/apache/roller/pull/168)
- [https://lists.apache.org/thread/5qvk6j5r8ttm4vx4ntxqt6bjz6pg4r46](https://lists.apache.org/thread/5qvk6j5r8ttm4vx4ntxqt6bjz6pg4r46)

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