{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-40229 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-40229 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-40229 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in helpyio helpy, published on 29 Apr 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-40229 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-40229 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in helpyio helpy, published on 29 Apr 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-40229 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: helpyio helpy. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40229/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40229/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-40229","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40229/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-40229","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-qxjc-9q88-9cgh"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Helpy support platform","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A stored XSS vulnerability in Helpy allows registered users to inject malicious scripts via their account name, affecting public views and emails.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Fluid Attacks","cpe":[{"product":"helpy","vendor":"helpy.io"}],"cvss":{"score":5.1,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"Helpy contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the post author display logic. Any registered user can persist arbitrary HTML in their account name field and cause it to be rendered unescaped in public forum threads where they participate, in the admin ticket view, and in HTML notification emails sent to other users.This issue affects helpy: 2.8.0.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Helpy 2.8.0 - Stored XSS in post author display via PostsHelper","id":"CVE-2026-40229","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Helpy 2.8.0 - Stored XSS in knowledgebase Doc body rendering","id":"CVE-2026-40230"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Information disclosure in systemd","id":"CVE-2026-40228"},"products":["helpy"],"published":"2026-04-29","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Missing authorization in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-20851","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-07-10"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2025-52184","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-08-26"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Helpy","id":"CVE-2023-0357","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-04-04"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-18886","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-06-18"},{"cvss_score":4.8,"headline":"Helpy 2.8.0 - Stored XSS in knowledgebase Doc body rendering","id":"CVE-2026-40230","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-04-29"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-29","vendors":["helpyio"]},"summary":"A stored XSS vulnerability in Helpy allows registered users to inject malicious scripts via their account name, affecting public views and emails.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40229/"}