GHSA-8c76-mxv5-w4g8 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.8) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in microweber/microweber. 1 public exploit reference exists, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for microweber/microweber — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Stored Cross-site Scripting in Microweber
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-8c76-mxv5-w4g8 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,636 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
microweber/microweberReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Multiple Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerabilities in Shop's Other Settings, Shop's Autorespond E-mail Settings and Shops' Payments Methods in GitHub repository microweber/microweber prior to 1.2.11.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | microweber/microweber | all versions | 1.2.12composer require microweber/microweber:^1.2.12 |
Research use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for microweber/microweber, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update microweber/microweber to 1.2.12 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-8c76-mxv5-w4g8 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-8c76-mxv5-w4g8 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-8c76-mxv5-w4g8. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
How to detect GHSA-8c76-mxv5-w4g8
A community-maintained Nuclei template exists for this CVE. You can scan for it directly:
nuclei -id ghsa-8c76-mxv5-w4g8 -u https://target- Template
- Microweber <1.2.11 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Severity
- medium
- Impact
- Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute malicious scripts in the context of the victim's browser, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the affected website.
- Remediation
- Upgrade Microweber to version 1.2.11 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
Template by ProjectDiscovery nuclei-templates (amit-jd), MIT licensed. View the full template. Scan only systems you are authorised to test.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-8c76-mxv5-w4g8 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-8c76-mxv5-w4g8 across Packagist dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.