CVE-2026-52846 PUBLISHED

Caddy: stripHTML template function bypass

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 08.06.2026 Published: 23.06.2026 Updated: 23.06.2026

Caddy is an extensible server platform that uses TLS by default. Prior to 2.11.4, Caddy’s stripHTML template function cannot reliably remove all HTML tags from input strings. Certain malformed HTML, such as <<>img src=x onerror=alert()>, can bypass the tag-stripping logic, potentially leaving dangerous content in the output if it is later rendered as HTML. This may allow client-side XSS in cases where untrusted strings are rendered unsafely. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.11.4.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.2

Product Status

Vendor caddyserver
Product caddy
Versions
  • Version < 2.11.4 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-116: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output CWE