CVE-2026-42840
ERPNext 16.16.0 - Stored XSS in POS customer section via unescaped template literals
Description
An authenticated user can persist arbitrary HTML/JavaScript in the email_id or mobile_no fields of a Customer record and trigger unescaped rendering in the Point of Sale (POS) interface for every operator who selects that customer. This issue affects ERPNext: 16.16.0.
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Frappe
oss-projectaka erpnext, frappe framework
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