changedetection.io is a free open source web page change detection tool. Prior to version 0.54.4, the changedetection.io application allows users to specify XPath expressions as content filters via the include_filters field. These XPath expressions are processed using the elementpath library which implements XPath 3.0/3.1 specification. XPath 3.0 includes the unparsed-text() function which can read arbitrary files from the filesystem. The application does not validate or sanitize XPath expressions to block dangerous functions, allowing an attacker to read any file accessible to the application process. This issue has been patched in version 0.54.4.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6fmw-82m7-jq6p changedetection.io vulnerable to XPath - Arbitrary File Read via unparsed-text()
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Fri, 06 Mar 2026 07:15:00 +0000

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Description changedetection.io is a free open source web page change detection tool. Prior to version 0.54.4, the changedetection.io application allows users to specify XPath expressions as content filters via the include_filters field. These XPath expressions are processed using the elementpath library which implements XPath 3.0/3.1 specification. XPath 3.0 includes the unparsed-text() function which can read arbitrary files from the filesystem. The application does not validate or sanitize XPath expressions to block dangerous functions, allowing an attacker to read any file accessible to the application process. This issue has been patched in version 0.54.4.
Title changedetection.io: XPath - Arbitrary File Read via unparsed-text()
Weaknesses CWE-94
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-06T06:54:15.822Z

Reserved: 2026-03-03T17:50:11.242Z

Link: CVE-2026-29039

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-06T07:16:01.573

Modified: 2026-03-06T07:16:01.573

Link: CVE-2026-29039

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