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CVE-2026-18481 - Stored XSS in Participant URL Field leads to Account Takeover via Session Token Theft

CVE ID :CVE-2026-18481
Published : July 31, 2026, 6:12 p.m. | 40 minutes ago
Description :Stored cross-site scripting in the participant URL handling in AWS Ops Wheel before PR #168 might allow an authenticated remote user to steal session tokens and escalate to full administrative control of the deployed instance via a crafted participant_url value containing a dangerous URI scheme. To remediate this issue, users should redeploy from the latest version of aws-ops-wheel.
Severity: 7.3 | HIGH
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