CVE-2026-76985: apache software foundation apache wicket Cross-site Scripting

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-76985 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in apache software foundation apache wicket. EPSS estimates a 0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 31-08-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 31-08-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Improper neutralization of input during web page generation in Apache Wicket. org.apache.wicket.extensions.markup.html.form.palette.component.AbstractOptions, which renders the two option lists of a Palette, escapes the id and the display value of each option according to the escape-model-strings setting, and wrote the attribute names and values returned by getAdditionalAttributes into the <option> tag as they came. An application is affected where it overrides Palette.getAdditionalAttributesForChoices, Palette.getAdditionalAttributesForSelection or AbstractOptions.getAdditionalAttributes and returns a value holding data an attacker can influence. These methods return null by default, so an application that does not override them is not affected. As a workaround, escape the values in the override. This issue affects Apache Wicket: from 8.0.0 through 8.18.0, from 9.0.0 through 9.23.0, from 10.0.0 through 10.10.0. Older, unsupported releases from 1.4.0 onwards are also affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 8.19.0, 9.24.0 or 10.11.0, which fix the issue.

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.