XSS in Prestashop

CVE-2026-44212

PrestaShop is an open source e-commerce web application. Prior to 8.2.6 and 9.1.1, there is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the PrestaShop back-office Customer Service view. An unauthenticated attacker can submit the public Contact Us form with a malicious email address. The payload is stored in the database and executed when a back-office employee opens the affected customer thread, enabling session hijacking and full back-office takeover. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.2.6 and 9.1.1.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.3 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (33.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 33.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-44212: held from 0.003 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.001

Affected products

  • Prestashop — versions < 8.2.6, >= 9.0.0-alpha.1, < 9.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-44212?
CVE-2026-44212 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Prestashop, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2026-05-14.
How severe is CVE-2026-44212?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.