Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in HireFlow
Summary
Cross-site scripting in HireFlow (CVE-2026-38569). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via POST /candidates/add.
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-38569 has been found in HireFlow.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like POST /candidates/add over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.4/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "HireFlow CVE-2026-38569" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-38569 (HireFlow) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 5.4
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable)
Attack surface: POST /candidates/add / POST /feedback/add.
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) exists in HireFlow. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via POST /candidates/add.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of HireFlow. Attack surface: POST /candidates/add / POST /feedback/add..
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.4/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual POST /candidates/add requests with malformed payloads or SQL meta-characters. Run grep -r 'HireFlow' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1
Identify exposureidentify
grep -r 'HireFlow' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
HireFlowを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2
Hunt for indicators of compromisedetect
grep 'POST /candidates/add' /var/log/nginx/access.log | grep -E '(unusual_payload|sqli_pattern)'アクセスログで
POST /candidates/addへの異常なリクエスト (不正な認証ヘッダ・SQLメタ文字)を過去 30〜90日分捜索。WAF/SIEM があれば該当パスのアラート発火履歴を確認。 -
3
Post-deployment verificationverify
Replay attack against POST /candidates/add on staging to confirm patch closes the vectorパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 2 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Original description The description as published by the source.
HireFlow v1.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in candidate_detail.html via the Resume or Feedback Comment fields via POST /candidates/add or POST /feedback/add.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
References
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web cve@mitre.org
- web cve@mitre.org
- web cve@mitre.org
- web github.com