GHSA-VCCX-P757-PV6H
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-18 20:17 – Updated: 2026-03-18 20:17
VLAI
Summary
mo has a XSS via inline SVG script tags in Markdown rendering
Details
Summary
When rendering Markdown files containing inline SVG elements with <script> tags, the embedded JavaScript is executed in the browser. This is due to rehype-raw passing raw HTML (including SVG) through to the DOM without sanitization.
PoC
<svg><script>alert(1)</script></svg>
Embedding the above in a Markdown file opened with mo causes the script to execute.
Impact
Arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the mo application when a user opens a malicious Markdown file. This could lead to data exfiltration of other opened Markdown file contents.
Remediation
Fixed by adding rehype-sanitize to the Markdown rendering pipeline, which strips dangerous elements such as <script> while preserving safe HTML.
Severity
{
"affected": [
{
"database_specific": {
"last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 0.18.4"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Go",
"name": "github.com/k1LoW/mo"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.18.5"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-79"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2026-03-18T20:17:12Z",
"nvd_published_at": null,
"severity": "LOW"
},
"details": "### Summary\n\nWhen rendering Markdown files containing inline SVG elements with `\u003cscript\u003e` tags, the embedded JavaScript is executed in the browser. This is due to `rehype-raw` passing raw HTML (including SVG) through to the DOM without sanitization.\n\n### PoC\n\n```html\n\u003csvg\u003e\u003cscript\u003ealert(1)\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/svg\u003e\n```\n\nEmbedding the above in a Markdown file opened with mo causes the script to execute.\n\n### Impact\n\nArbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the mo application when a user opens a malicious Markdown file. This could lead to data exfiltration of other opened Markdown file contents.\n\n### Remediation\n\nFixed by adding `rehype-sanitize` to the Markdown rendering pipeline, which strips dangerous elements such as `\u003cscript\u003e` while preserving safe HTML.",
"id": "GHSA-vccx-p757-pv6h",
"modified": "2026-03-18T20:17:12Z",
"published": "2026-03-18T20:17:12Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/k1LoW/mo/security/advisories/GHSA-vccx-p757-pv6h"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/k1LoW/mo"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "mo has a XSS via inline SVG script tags in Markdown rendering"
}
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