billboard.js allows XSS via unsanitized series ids in legend templates
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
billboard.js before 4.1.3 has improper sanitization of series ids during legend template rendering (CWE-79). An attacker can inject and run malicious JavaScript in the page. The attack requires user interaction and changes the scope, so the script runs in the context of the victim's browser session.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
Description from the CNA
billboard.js before 4.1.3 allows an attacker to execute malicious JavaScript due to improper sanitization of series ids during legend template rendering.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
Upgrade NAVER billboard.js to version 4.1.3 or later.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
- Fix · CNA billboard.js (NAVER) Fixed in 4.1.3
Timeline
- 2026-11-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-120988
- 2026-11-03 Alias added: GHSA-qwgf-vfr8-c8w3
- 2026-11-03 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-03 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
More NAVER vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-19139 Server-side request forgery in NAVER lucy-xss-filter CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2024-18782 Missing authorization in NAVER nGrinder CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2025-31281 Prototype pollution in NAVER billboard.js CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-18778 Deserialization of untrusted data in NAVER nGrinder CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-18777 Deserialization of untrusted data in NAVER nGrinder CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-38798 Whale Browser before 4.33.325.17 allows an attacker to escape the iframe sandbox in a dual-tab environment. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-120988 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-120988 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qwgf-vfr8-c8w3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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