{"id":"CVE-2026-112038","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-112038"],"related":[],"title":"diem: XSS in the admin version check page via dmAdminCtrl.js","description":"A vulnerability has been found in diem-project diem up to 116974edfb9a5b8bd69cb13586dc62bcdbb485ad. Affected by this vulnerability is the function html of the file dmAdminPlugin/web/js/dmAdminCtrl.js of the component Version Check Service. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This product follows a rolling release approach for continuous delivery, so version details for affected or updated releases are not provided. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.","summary":"The diem project's admin plugin renders output from its Version Check Service without escaping it, in the html function of dmAdminPlugin/web/js/dmAdminCtrl.js. An attacker who can influence that output can run script in an administrator's browser.","severity":"low","cvss":3.3,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["diem","other","php","self-hosted"],"not_affected_if":["unknown"],"how_to_check":"- unknown","fix":"- unknown: the project has not responded to the report and no fixed version is named; remove or restrict the dmAdminPlugin version check, or apply output escaping to the html function in dmAdminCtrl.js if you run diem","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-19T02:17:06+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:17+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-25T04:47:16+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-25T04:47:16+00:00","category":"other","confidence":0.5,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-25T04:47:16Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- unknown: the project has not responded to the report and no fixed version is named; remove or restrict the dmAdminPlugin version check, or apply output escaping to the html function in dmAdminCtrl.js if you run diem","reach":"network","title":"diem: XSS in the admin version check page via dmAdminCtrl.js","impact":"medium","summary":"The diem project's admin plugin renders output from its Version Check Service without escaping it, in the html function of dmAdminPlugin/web/js/dmAdminCtrl.js. An attacker who can influence that output can run script in an administrator's browser.","category":"other","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["diem","self-hosted","php"],"confidence":0.5,"needs_auth":"unknown","worst_case":"Script runs in an admin's browser, enabling session or action takeover.","analyst_note":"Find the fixed version or a maintainer response, and confirm what input reaches the Version Check Service html function (NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112038).","how_to_check":"- unknown","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["unknown"],"who_is_affected":"Teams running the diem-project diem admin interface with the Version Check Service enabled. The sources do not say which deployments expose the version check data to an attacker, so whether a given install is reachable is unknown.","user_interaction":"yes","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"unknown"},"cost_usd":0.000598,"input_tokens":3432,"output_tokens":509,"severity_before":"low"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-112038':13A,16A '-2026':12A,15A '116974edfb9a5b8bd69cb13586dc62bcdbb485ad':72C 'admin':5A,27B 'administr':57B 'affect':73C,131C 'approach':123C 'attack':46B,102C 'browser':59B 'check':7A,34B,89C 'compon':87C 'continu':125C 'cross':95C 'cve':11A,14A 'deliveri':126C 'detail':129C 'diem':1A,17B,24B,67C,69C 'diem-project':66C 'disclos':109C 'dmadminctrl.js':10A 'dmadminplugin/web/js/dmadminctrl.js':44B,84C 'earli':145C 'escap':37B 'exploit':99C,106C 'file':83C 'follow':119C 'found':64C 'function':42B,79C 'host':22B 'html':41B,80C 'influenc':49B 'inform':141C 'issu':148C 'lead':93C 'manipul':92C 'may':114C 'output':30B,51B 'page':8A 'php':19B 'plugin':28B 'possibl':104C 'problem':144C 'product':118C 'project':25B,68C,139C 'provid':137C 'public':112C 'releas':122C,134C 'remot':98C 'render':29B 'report':149C 'respond':153C 'roll':121C 'run':53B 'script':54B,97C 'self':21B 'self-host':20B 'servic':35B,90C 'site':96C 'updat':133C 'use':116C 'version':6A,33B,88C,128C 'via':9A 'vulner':61C,76C 'without':36B 'xss':2A 'yet':154C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Teams running the diem-project diem admin interface with the Version Check Service enabled. The sources do not say which deployments expose the version check data to an attacker, so whether a given install is reachable is unknown.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-19T02:17:06+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","cvss_by":"cna@vuldb.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-112038","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112038","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-19T02:17:06+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-22T03:16:33+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:17+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T22:28:56+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}