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title: "CVE-2026-34989: CI4MS: Profile & User Management Full Account Takeover for All-Roles & Privilege-Escalation via Stored DOM XSS"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2026-34989/
description: "CVE-2026-34989 (ci4-cms-erp/ci4ms (Composer (PHP))): CI4MS is a CodeIgniter 4-based CMS skeleton that delivers a production-ready, modular architecture with…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2026-04-06
date_modified: 2026-05-05
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2026-34989"
kev: false
cvss: 9.4
epss: 0.00447
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2026-34989: CI4MS: Profile & User Management Full Account Takeover for All-Roles & Privilege-Escalation via Stored DOM XSS

**Signal:** Critical, preconditions apply. Severe if exploited, but exploitation needs conditions that may not apply to you. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- Not in CISA KEV , but CISA’s SSVC assessment records a public proof-of-concept, so attack code exists.
- EPSS 0.4% , percentile 38: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.4% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (low). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs an account (low (any account)). Exposure depends on who can log in.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes ci4-cms-erp/ci4ms (Composer (PHP)) <= 0.28.6.0, fixed in 31.0.0.0 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

CI4MS is a CodeIgniter 4-based CMS skeleton that delivers a production-ready, modular architecture with RBAC authorization and theme support. Prior to 31.0.0.0, the application fails to properly sanitize user-controlled input when users update their profile name (e.g., full name / username). An attacker can inject a malicious JavaScript payload into their profile name, which is then stored server-side. This stored payload is later rendered unsafely in multiple application views without proper output encoding, leading to stored cross-site scripting (XSS). This vulnerability is fixed in 31.0.0.0.

## Affected packages

- Composer (PHP) `ci4-cms-erp/ci4ms` <= 0.28.6.0 → fixed: 31.0.0.0

## Affected products (CVE record)

- ci4-cms-erp ci4ms: < 31.0.0.0

## Severity

- GitHub_M CVSS 4.0: 9.4 `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H`
- GitHub CVSS 4.0: 9.4 `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation poc , automatable no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 38.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-vr2g-rhm5-q4jr](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vr2g-rhm5-q4jr)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2026-34989](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-34989)
- [NVD entry CVE-2026-34989](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34989)
- [github.com](https://github.com/ci4-cms-erp/ci4ms/security/advisories/GHSA-vr2g-rhm5-q4jr)

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Source page: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2026-34989/ · Security Digest: https://erroneo.us/security/ · More: https://erroneo.us/llms.txt