CVE-2025-54881 (GCVE-0-2025-54881)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-19 17:04 – Updated: 2025-08-19 18:14
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Mermaid improperly sanitizes of sequence diagram labels leading to XSS
Summary
Mermaid is a JavaScript based diagramming and charting tool that uses Markdown-inspired text definitions and a renderer to create and modify complex diagrams. In the default configuration of mermaid 10.9.0-rc.1 to 11.9.0, user supplied input for sequence diagram labels is passed to innerHTML during calculation of element size, causing XSS.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-08-19 18:10 UTC
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/security/ad… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/5c69… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/6855… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mermaid-js | mermaid |
Affected:
>= 10.9.0-rc.1, <= 11.9.0
|
guessed |
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