FKIE_CVE-2026-48590

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-21 10:16 - Updated: 2026-08-24 16:47
Severity
2.1 (Low) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N
Summary
XML Injection vulnerability in joshnuss xml_builder (XmlBuilder module) allows Content Spoofing, XML Injection. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/xml_builder.ex and program routines XmlBuilder.generate/1, XmlBuilder.generate/2, XmlBuilder.element/1, XmlBuilder.element/2, XmlBuilder.element/3. Element names, attribute names, and doctype identifiers are interpolated verbatim into the serialized XML output without validation or escaping of structural characters (<, >, ", ', &). An attacker who can influence a name argument (for example, an element name derived from a JSON object key or an HTTP form field name) can inject arbitrary XML markup including extra elements, comments, and event-handler attributes into the output document. This issue affects xml_builder: from 0.0.1 before 2.4.1.
References
6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49dbhttps://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-48590.html
6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49dbhttps://github.com/joshnuss/xml_builder/commit/d5c0aec32a8eecbb440fb9bbb0f59d4d188d5859
6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49dbhttps://github.com/joshnuss/xml_builder/security/advisories/GHSA-r82p-3q2p-728w
6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49dbhttps://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-48590
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/joshnuss/xml_builder/security/advisories/GHSA-r82p-3q2p-728w
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  "lastModified": "2026-08-24T16:47:56.007",
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          "exploitMaturity": "NOT_DEFINED",
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          "modifiedAttackComplexity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackRequirements": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedPrivilegesRequired": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
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          "providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED",
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