CVE-2026-53608 PUBLISHED

@apostrophecms/seo Vulnerable to Stored XSS via Unsanitized Google Analytics / GTM ID Injected into Script Tag

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 09.06.2026 Published: 12.06.2026 Updated: 12.06.2026

ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. Versions up to and including 1.4.2 of the @apostrophecms/seo package injects the Google Analytics Tracking ID (seoGoogleTrackingId) and Google Tag Manager ID (seoGoogleTagManager) directly into <script> tag bodies using JavaScript template literals without any sanitization or validation. Any user with editor-level access (the default role for content managers) can set these fields to a malicious value, resulting in stored XSS that executes on every page for every visitor of the site. As of time of publication, no known patched versions are available.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor apostrophecms
Product @apostrophecms/seo
Versions
  • Version <= 1.4.2 is affected

References

Problem Types

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