beets has a Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Exploitation

No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.

CVSS 4.0

6.0 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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 · score source

EPSS

• CVE-2026-42052: 0.30% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 22.84 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

During code logic analyis, an area that may lead to unintended behavior under specific conditions was discovered. Overview - Verified Version: 80cd21554124da07d17a4f962c7d770a4f70d0f2 - Vulnerability Type: Stored XSS - Affected Location: beetsplug/web/templates/index.html:42 - Trigger Scenario: Metadata fields such as title, lyrics, or comments are rendered with raw template interpolation and inserted into DOM via .html(...). Root Cause The bundled web UI uses Underscore template interpolation mode <%= ... % for untrusted metadata fields. In this runtime, <%= ... % is raw insertion and HTML escaping is only performed by <%- ... %. Rendered output is then inserted with .html(...), allowing attacker-controlled markup to become active DOM. Source-to-Sink Chain 1. Source (attacker-controlled input) - Item metadata values (for example title, lyrics, comments) can contain attacker HTML payload. 2. Data flow - Templates in beetsplug/web/templates/index.html:42-46,87-91 render metadata with…

Published by the source

29 Apr 2026, 18:29 UTC

Last modified by the source

13 Jul 2026, 16:43 UTC

Source last checked

26 Oct 2026, 13:46 UTC

1. Revision 3 · amended · 26 Oct 2026

   Amended from ghsa record GHSA-3gxm-wfjx-m847

2. Revision 2 · amended · 25 Oct 2026

   Reviewed OSV alias/range/CVSS4 correction; package source scopes and original publication preserved. No customer finding resolved.

3. Revision 1 · created · 24 Oct 2026

   Published from osv record GHSA-3gxm-wfjx-m847

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2026-42052

Advisory: beets has a Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
IDs: CVE-2026-42052, GHSA-3gxm-wfjx-m847
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2026-42052 (revision 3, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 13:46 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.0)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: beets 2.10.0. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- PyPI beets: affected < 2.10.0; fixed in 2.10.0

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `python -m pip show beets`: prints the installed version. Run with the environment that serves production active.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on beets.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-3gxm-wfjx-m847 (OSV record GHSA-3gxm-wfjx-m847 lists affected ranges: PyPI beets >=0 <2.10.0 (fixed))
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3gxm-wfjx-m847 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-3gxm-wfjx-m847 lists affected ranges: PyPI beets >=0 <2.10.0)

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