Medium severity · published Aug 31, 2026
CVE-2026-76985
Apache Wicket: XSS in Palette via getAdditionalAttributes
5.4
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
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-2026-76985
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-76985
Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread/0x2x12x22ff4yq4rhqokb2fjhtsd0f0j
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/31/5
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