Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Apache Wicket.

This issue affects Apache Wicket: from 8.0.0 through 8.17.0, 9.0.0, from 10.0.0 through 10.8.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 10.9.0, which fixes the issue.
Published: 2026-05-06
Score: 6.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-5x9h-93gp-chpj Apache Wicket has a Cross-site Scripting issue
History

Thu, 07 May 2026 13:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 06 May 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:apache:wicket:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


Wed, 06 May 2026 11:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Apache
Apache wicket
Vendors & Products Apache
Apache wicket

Wed, 06 May 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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References

Wed, 06 May 2026 09:30:00 +0000

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Description Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Apache Wicket. This issue affects Apache Wicket: from 8.0.0 through 8.17.0, 9.0.0, from 10.0.0 through 10.8.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 10.9.0, which fixes the issue.
Title Apache Wicket: crafted strings can break out of the JavaScript sequence
Weaknesses CWE-79
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-07T12:16:58.182Z

Reserved: 2026-04-28T02:18:41.687Z

Link: CVE-2026-42509

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-06T09:51:12.253Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2026-05-06T10:16:20.217

Modified: 2026-05-07T13:16:12.680

Link: CVE-2026-42509

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-06T22:00:14Z

Weaknesses