How severe is GHSA-98wm-cxpw-847p?

GHSA-98wm-cxpw-847p has a CVSS score of 5.4/10, rated MEDIUM. Review your exposure and patch according to your risk tolerance.

Which packages are affected by GHSA-98wm-cxpw-847p?

GHSA-98wm-cxpw-847p affects the following packages: invoiceninja/invoiceninja (Packagist). Ecosystems affected: Packagist.

How do I fix GHSA-98wm-cxpw-847p?

Update invoiceninja/invoiceninja to 5.13.4 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-98wm-cxpw-847p is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

How do I detect GHSA-98wm-cxpw-847p in my Packagist dependencies?

Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for invoiceninja/invoiceninja. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

How do I mitigate GHSA-98wm-cxpw-847p if there is no patch (or I can't update yet)?

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 does O3 Security protect against GHSA-98wm-cxpw-847p?

O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-98wm-cxpw-847p is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Is GHSA-98wm-cxpw-847p actively exploited in the wild?

No public exploit code has been indexed for GHSA-98wm-cxpw-847p yet. This does not mean the vulnerability cannot be exploited — absence of public exploits does not imply safety. Apply the recommended fix and use O3 Security to monitor your exposure.

What is the EPSS score for GHSA-98wm-cxpw-847p?

GHSA-98wm-cxpw-847p has an EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) score of 0.2%, placing it in the 14th percentile of all CVEs. EPSS is maintained by FIRST.org and estimates the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. This score indicates relatively lower exploitation probability, though the CVSS severity should still guide your patching priority.

What type of vulnerability is GHSA-98wm-cxpw-847p?

GHSA-98wm-cxpw-847p is classified as Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), CWE-116 (CWE-116), CWE-184 (CWE-184). These weakness types describe the underlying flaw category, which helps determine the potential impact and the right class of mitigation. This is a high-impact weakness class that often enables remote code execution or data exposure.

When was GHSA-98wm-cxpw-847p published, and has it been updated?

GHSA-98wm-cxpw-847p was published on March 24, 2026 and was last updated on March 27, 2026. Advisory data evolves as severity scores, affected ranges, and exploit intelligence are revised — always check the latest version of the advisory before acting.

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GHSA-98wm-cxpw-847p

MEDIUM

Invoice Ninja Denylist Bypass may Lead to Stored XSS via Invoice Line Items

Also known asCVE-2026-33628

Published

Mar 24, 2026

Updated

Mar 27, 2026

Affected

1 pkg

Patched

1 / 1

Exploits

None indexed

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗

0.2%probability of exploitation in next 30 days

Lower Risk14th percentile+0.22%

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.

Blast Radius

1 pkg affected

🐘invoiceninja/invoiceninja

Real-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

Vulnerability Details

Invoice line item descriptions in Invoice Ninja v5.13.0 bypass the XSS denylist filter, allowing stored XSS payloads to execute when invoices are rendered in the PDF preview or client portal.

The line item description field was not passed through purify::clean() before rendering.

Steps to Reproduce

Login as any authenticated user
Create or edit an invoice
In a line item description, enter: <img src=x onerror=alert(document.cookie)>
Save the invoice and preview it
The XSS payload executes in the browser

Impact

Attacker: Any authenticated user who can create invoices
Victim: Any user viewing the invoice (including clients via the portal)
Specific damage: Session hijacking, account takeover, data exfiltration

Proposed Fix

Fixed in v5.13.4 by the vendor by adding purify::clean() to sanitize line item descriptions.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	Fix
🐘Packagist	`invoiceninja/invoiceninja`	all versions	5.13.4

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

Detect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for invoiceninja/invoiceninja. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update invoiceninja/invoiceninja to 5.13.4 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-98wm-cxpw-847p 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 pinpoints whether GHSA-98wm-cxpw-847p is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to GHSA-98wm-cxpw-847p. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

## Vulnerability Details Invoice line item descriptions in Invoice Ninja v5.13.0 bypass the XSS denylist filter, allowing stored XSS payloads to execute when invoices are rendered in the PDF preview or client portal. The line item description field was not passed through `purify::clean()` before rendering. ## Steps to Reproduce 1. Login as any authenticated user 2. Create or edit an invoice 3. In a line item description, enter: `<img src=x onerror=alert(document.cookie)>` 4. Save the invoice and preview it 5. The XSS payload executes in the browser ## Impact - **Attacker**: Any authentic

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