CVE-2026-8630 PUBLISHED

justhtml before 1.12.0 Mutation XSS via Raw Text Elements

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 14.05.2026 Published: 23.08.2026 Updated: 23.08.2026

justhtml before 1.12.0 (versions <= 1.11.0) contains a mutation cross-site scripting (mXSS) vulnerability in the serialization of raw-text elements such as <style> and <script>. When a DOM tree is processed by sanitize_dom() using a custom policy that keeps these elements, text nodes inside them are serialized literally without escaping, allowing attacker-controlled text containing the matching closing tag sequence to break out of the raw-text context and inject arbitrary HTML into the serialized output. The default sanitization policy is not affected because it drops the contents of style and script.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
CVSS Score: 5.1

Product Status

Vendor EmilStenstrom
Product justhtml
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 1.12.0 (excl.)
  • Version 1.12.0 is unaffected

Credits

  • offset reporter

References

Problem Types

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