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Uptime Kuma's Matomo analytics integration (server/analytics/matomo-analytics.js) injects the admin-configurable Matomo `siteId` value as a bare, unquoted JavaS…
Published:
5 August 2026 at 00:00:00
Alert date:
5 August 2026 at 16:10:56
Source:
nvd.nist.gov
Web Technologies, Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
CVE-2026-71285 describes a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Uptime Kuma's Matomo analytics integration. The vulnerability exists in server/analytics/matomo-analytics.js, where the admin-configurable Matomo siteId value is injected as an unquoted JavaScript expression inside a script block on every public status page. The escaping pipeline using jsesc and html-escaper fails to sanitize characters such as ], ), ;, and (, allowing breakout from the array/push expression context. An attacker with editor or admin privileges can craft a malicious siteId value to execute arbitrary JavaScript for every unauthenticated visitor of public status pages. This enables session-cookie theft and full page takeover for all visitors. The impact is significant as public-facing status pages are typically accessible without authentication, broadening the attack surface considerably.
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Affected products:
Uptime Kuma
Related links:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71285
https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma
https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/blob/master/server/analytics/matomo-analytics.js
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