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open-webui open-webui — Open WebUI: Stored XSS in Mermaid Markdown Preview
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L L R C L L N 5.4 .0023 14.2 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
open-webui < 0.9.6 – —
TIMELINE
Jun 11 Reserved by GitHub_M
Jun 23 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-54011 (open-webui). Public exploit reference added.
Jun 23 Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
Description
Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.6,Open WebUI renders Mermaid blocks from Markdown files in the file preview panel and inserts the generated SVG into the DOM using innerHTML. Because Mermaid is configured with securityLevel: 'loose', attacker-controlled Mermaid content can be rendered unsafely in this flow. A working payload was validated through the Markdown preview path, resulting in JavaScript execution in the victim’s browser under the application origin. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.6.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| June 11, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by GitHub_M |
| June 23, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-54011 (open-webui). Public exploit reference added. |
| June 23, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: GitHub_M) |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| open-webui | open-webui | — | < 0.9.6 | — |
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