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GHSA-RC3V-3CC7-H7H5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-23 15:33 – Updated: 2026-08-23 15:33

Details

justhtml before 1.12.0 (versions <= 1.11.0) contains a mutation cross-site scripting (mXSS) vulnerability in the serialization of raw-text elements such as and . When a DOM tree is processed by sanitize_dom() using a custom policy that keeps these elements, text nodes inside them are serialized literally without escaping, allowing attacker-controlled text containing the matching closing tag sequence to break out of the raw-text context and inject arbitrary HTML into the serialized output. The default sanitization policy is not affected because it drops the contents of style and script.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

5.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

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CVE-2026-8630 (GCVE-0-2026-8630)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-23 13:34 – Updated: 2026-08-26 18:07

Title

justhtml before 1.12.0 Mutation XSS via Raw Text Elements

Summary

justhtml before 1.12.0 (versions <= 1.11.0) contains a mutation cross-site scripting (mXSS) vulnerability in the serialization of raw-text elements such as <style> and <script>. When a DOM tree is processed by sanitize_dom() using a custom policy that keeps these elements, text nodes inside them are serialized literally without escaping, allowing attacker-controlled text containing the matching closing tag sequence to break out of the raw-text context and inject arbitrary HTML into the serialized output. The default sanitization policy is not affected because it drops the contents of style and script.

Severity

5.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

6.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-26 18:06 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

VulnCheck CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 6373 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/EmilStenstrom/justhtml/securit…	vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/justhtml-bef…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
EmilStenstrom	justhtml	Affected: 0 , < 1.12.0 (semver) Unaffected: 1.12.0 (semver)

Date Public

2026-03-18 00:00

Credits

offset

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