Vulnerability Analysis
Open WebUI: Same-origin XSS to account takeover via terminal file-preview iframe hardcoding allow-same-origin
CVE-2026-70486
Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.9.0 until 0.11.0, the terminal file-preview serveUrl iframe branch always granted allow-same-origin together with allow-scripts for HTML files served from the application origin. Any authenticated user with access to a configured terminal server could cause script in a previewed file to run in the Open WebUI origin, read the victim's session token from localStorage, and take over the account, with possible server-side code execution if the victim was an admin or held workspace.functions. This issue is fixed in 0.11.0.
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
8.2
HIGH
Exploitability:1.8
Impact Score:5.8
Temporal Score:-
EPSS:0.37%
Threat Intelligence Signals
CISA KEV
No
KEV Date Added
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Ransomware Use
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KEV Due Date
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VulnCheck In-the-Wild
No
Nuclei Template
No
EPSS Score
0.374%
EPSS Percentile
30.1th pct
GHSA ID
GitHub Severity
HIGH
SSVC Exploitation
None
SSVC Automatable
No
Vulnerability Class
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Identity & Timeline
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| Patch Date (date_public) | - |
| Exploit DB Date | - |
| First GitHub PoC Date | - |
| Last Updated | - |
| Time to Patch (Days to fix) | - |
| Exploit Release Gap | - |
| PoC Release Gap | - |
| Exploit DB References | None identified |
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
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| No affected products specified. | ||
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