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CVE-2026-18311

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Readwise Reader for Android contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability due to missing HTML sanitization in its processing of imported document metadata.

Readwise Reader for Android contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability due to missing HTML sanitization in its processing of imported document metadata. Attacker-controlled fields such as the author meta tag are inserted into a WebView via innerHTML, enabling stored XSS that executes on synced devices when the malicious document is opened.

CVSS
6.1
6.1 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-25 17:17
Modified: 2026-09-28 16:31
NVD status: Deferred
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:55 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:55 UTC · record ↗

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