Helpy contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the knowledge base Doc rendering logic. An authenticated attacker with admin or agent editor privileges can persist arbitrary HTML or JavaScript in the body field of a knowledge base Doc.This issue affects helpy: 2.8.0.
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Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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


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Description Helpy contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the knowledge base Doc rendering logic. An authenticated attacker with admin or agent editor privileges can persist arbitrary HTML or JavaScript in the body field of a knowledge base Doc.This issue affects helpy: 2.8.0.
Title Helpy 2.8.0 - Stored XSS in knowledgebase Doc body rendering
First Time appeared Helpyio
Helpyio helpy
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:helpyio:helpy:2.8.0:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:helpyio:helpy:2.8.0:*:macos:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:helpyio:helpy:2.8.0:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Helpyio
Helpyio helpy
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Fluid Attacks

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-29T16:20:34.028Z

Reserved: 2026-04-10T16:07:49.031Z

Link: CVE-2026-40230

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-29T16:20:30.646Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-29T16:16:24.350

Modified: 2026-04-29T16:16:24.350

Link: CVE-2026-40230

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