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Cross-site scripting in Drupal MathJax: LaTeX for Drupal

Priority LOW 23CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Drupal MathJax: LaTeX for Drupal versions from 0.0.0 before 4.1.2 are affected. Improper neutralization of input during web page generation (CWE-79) allows cross-site scripting. An unauthenticated remote attacker needs a user to interact with a crafted page for the script to run in the victim's browser.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30

Description from the CNA

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ("Cross-site Scripting") vulnerability in Drupal MathJax: LaTeX for Drupal allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This issue affects MathJax: LaTeX for Drupal versions: from 0.0.0 to 4.1.2.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00149 4th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed MathJax: LaTeX for Drupal (Drupal): 4.1.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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
DrupalMathJax: LaTeX for Drupal0.0.0 to before 4.1.24.1.2Patch availableCNA
  • MathJax: LaTeX for Drupal VendorDrupal Affected 0.0.0 to before 4.1.2 Fixed in 4.1.2 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Update Drupal MathJax: LaTeX for Drupal to version 4.1.2, the fixed version. The Drupal advisory for this issue is SA-CONTRIB-2026-195.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30

  • Fix · CNA MathJax: LaTeX for Drupal (Drupal) Fixed in 4.1.2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-30 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-107252
  2. 2026-10-30 Alias added: GHSA-cxwv-8h42-979j
  3. 2026-10-30 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
  4. 2026-10-30 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

  • TI-2026-07979 Drupal core - Highly critical - SQL injection - SA-CORE-2026-004 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-05494 Drupal core - Highly critical - Remote Code Execution - SA-CORE-2018-004 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-05493 Improper input validation in Drupal before 7.58, 8.x before 8.3.9, 8.4.x before 8.4.6… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-10731 Unrestricted file upload in Drupal Core KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2019-04505 Drupal core - Highly critical - Remote Code Execution KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2020-17477 Archive_Tar through 1.4.10 has :// filename sanitization only to address phar attacks… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
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