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Cross-site scripting in League CommonMark bypasses DisallowedRawHtml

Priority MEDIUM 57CWE-80Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-80.

Summary

League CommonMark from 1.3.0 before 2.10.2 is affected. A bypass of the DisallowedRawHtml extension (CWE-80) lets Markdown authors end raw HTML with a bare disallowed tag name, then supply attributes such as src or onload in a following block. A user who posts Markdown can store script that runs in viewers' browsers under default GFM settings.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Description from the CNA

League CommonMark from 1.3.0 before 2.10.2 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows users posting Markdown to bypass the DisallowedRawHtml extension by ending raw HTML with a bare disallowed tag name. Attackers can place a lone <script or <iframe line followed by a block supplying attributes like src or onload, executing stored scripts in viewers' browsers under default GFM settings.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0025 16th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
thephpleaguecommonmark——Not affectedCNA
  • commonmark Vendorthephpleague Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:thephpleague:commonmark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——thephpleague
  • cpe:2.3:a:thephpleague:commonmark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·thephpleague

Remediation

Upgrade League CommonMark to 2.10.2 or later. Versions before 2.10.2 are affected.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-08 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-105829
  2. 2026-10-08 Alias added: GHSA-6vmm-7pc2-g2g6
  3. 2026-10-10 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  4. 2026-10-10 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM

References

  • TI-2026-69535 league/commonmark Quadratic DoS via TableStartParser CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-50093 league/commonmark: AttributesExtension href/src unsafe-link filter bypass via embedded control bytes CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2026-65445 Flysystem: WhitespacePathNormalizer's control-character (CorruptedPathDetected) check is… CVSS 3.1LOW 3.5
  • TI-2021-12376 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in league/flysystem CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-59143 commonmark 1.5.0 before 2.8.4 Denial of Service via Footnote CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-59142 commonmark 2.0.0 through 2.8.3 Denial of Service via Slug Collision CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
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Sources