WS-2020-0179
Published:May 14, 2026
Updated:May 14, 2026
Impact An XSS vulnerability exists in versions of Pterodactyl Panel before 0.7.19. Affected versions do not properly sanitize account names before rendering them to the dropdown selector in the admin area when creating or modifying a server. Patches This XSS has been addressed in 0.7.19 and will be rolled forwards into the 1.0-rc.7 release. Workarounds No workaround exists without manual patching. See https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/pull/2441/files for the files changed. For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory please reach out on Discord, or by emailing "dane" at "pterodactyl" dot "io". Thank you to Sergej for the responsible disclosure of this issue.
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
9.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
HIGH
Subsequent System Integrity
HIGH
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')