mediumCVSS 6.1Vulnerability

GHSA-97jj-33gv-5xf9

## Summary The `DisallowedRawHtml` extension does not escape a disallowed tag when the tag name is the last thing in the raw HTML. A Markdown line containing just `<script` is emitted unchanged, and the next block can supply its attributes. With the shipped GFM defaults this allows stored XSS by anyone who can post Markdown. ## Details `DisallowedRawHtmlRenderer` escapes tags with this regex: ``` /<(\/?(?:title|textarea|style|xmp|iframe|noembed|noframes|script|plaintext)[\s\/>])/i ``` The trailing character class requires one character after the tag name. The block parser does not: `RegexHelper::PARTIAL_HTMLBLOCKOPEN` accepts end of line after a tag name, so `<script` alone opens an HTML block. Because a rendered `HtmlBlock` has no trailing newline, the regex has nothing to match and the `<` passes through. In the browser the newline is still present, so the tag name terminates there and whatever follows becomes attributes. This is the same filter that GHSA-4v6x-c7xx-hw9f fixed in 2.8.1. That fix widened the character class but still requires one character, so this case was not covered. ## Reproduction Render this with `GithubFlavoredMarkdownConverter` and default settings: ``` <div> <script <span src="/evil.js"> ``` Output: ```html <div> <script <span src="/evil.js"> ``` A browser parses that as `<script src="/evil.js">` with a junk `<span` attribute, and the script runs. `<iframe` with `<span onload="...">` works the same way and does not need a later `</script>` in the page. Control: `<script src="/evil.js"></script>` is correctly escaped to `&lt;script src="/evil.js">&lt;/script>`. ## Affected versions 1.3.0 (when the extension was added) through the current release. The `</style` and mid-line forms are only affected as continuation lines inside an already-open HTML block. ## Preconditions - `html_input` is `allow` (the default) - The `DisallowedRawHtml` extension is active, which the GFM extension enables automatically - Untrusted users can

Properties

severity
medium
summary
league/commonmark: DisallowedRawHtml bypassed when a disallowed tag name ends the raw-HTML literal
cvss_score
6.1
retrieved_at
2026-09-30T23:58:31+00:00
ghsa_published
2026-09-30T15:36:33Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-97jj-33gv-5xf9
ghsa_updated
2026-09-30T15:36:37Z
ghsa_id
GHSA-97jj-33gv-5xf9
last_source
GitHub Advisory Database
cve_id
GHSA-97jj-33gv-5xf9
cvss_vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
signal_observed_at
2026-09-30T23:58:31+00:00
is_ghsa_only
true

Related Entities (5)

HAS_WEAKNESS (2)

→[Weakness]Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
→[Weakness]Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

REPORTED_BY (1)

→[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

←[Software]composer/league/commonmark

AFFECTS (1)

→[Software]composer/league/commonmark

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