CVE-2025-59526 (GCVE-0-2025-59526)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-22 19:27 – Updated: 2025-09-22 19:45
VLAI
Title
Mailgen: HTML injection vulnerability in plaintext e-mails
Summary
mailgen is a Node.js package that generates responsive HTML e-mails for sending transactional mail. Prior to version 2.0.30, there is an HTML injection vulnerability in plaintext e-mails generated by Mailgen. Projects are affected if the Mailgen.generatePlaintext(email) method is used and given user-generated content. This vulnerability has been patched in version 2.0.30. A workaround involves stripping all HTML tags before passing any content into Mailgen.generatePlaintext(email).
Severity
2.7 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L/E:U
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-09-22 19:45 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 8053 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
eladnava mailgen Affected: < 2.0.30
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