Medium severity · published Aug 31, 2026
CVE-2026-75802
Apache Wicket: XSS in AjaxEditableLabel and its subclasses via IChoiceRenderer and defaultNullLabel
5.4
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
AjaxEditableChoiceLabel in wicket-extensions, when constructed with a non-null IChoiceRenderer, writes the display value obtained from that renderer into the label's markup without applying the HTML escaping Wicket performs by default for component model values. An attacker who can influence the choice or model data rendered by such a label can inject HTML or script that executes in the browser of any user who views the page. The same value is correctly escaped when the component's dropdown editor renders it as an option, so only the label rendering is affected.
AjaxEditableLabel, AjaxEditableChoiceLabel and AjaxEditableMultiLineLabel write the value returned by the protected defaultNullLabel() method into the label's markup the same way when the component's model is empty, while the model value they show otherwise is escaped. The default implementation returns a constant, so an application is affected where it overrides that method and returns a value an attacker can influence.
Neither value could be escaped by configuration, because escapeModelStrings had no effect on any of the three components: it is read by the label they render with rather than by the component itself, and nothing carried the setting across.
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 are also affected; the display value from the renderer since 6.22.0 and the null label since 1.4.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 8.19.0, 9.24.0 or 10.11.0, which fix the issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AW
Apache Wicket · Apache Software Foundation
8.0.0 through 8.18.0; 9.0.0 through 9.23.0; 10.0.0 through 10.10.0 · source: vendor
WI
Wicket · Apache
8.0.0 before 8.19.0; 9.0.0 before 9.24.0; 10.0.0 before 10.11.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75802
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-75802
Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread/lrmo7mddb4v4ffl36g5b9x8s40tbmw68
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/31/1
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