GHSA-97r8-rf7q-wmjw

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-97r8-rf7q-wmjw
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/05/GHSA-97r8-rf7q-wmjw/GHSA-97r8-rf7q-wmjw.json
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-97r8-rf7q-wmjw
Published
2026-05-18T13:43:50Z
Modified
2026-05-18T14:02:57Z
Severity
  • 2.3 (Low) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Sveltia CMS: Stored XSS in entry summary rendering via entity-decoded HTML
Details

Impact

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affected entry summary rendering in Sveltia CMS.

Entry summaries that allowed limited Markdown were parsed, sanitized, and then HTML entities were decoded. This order allowed specially crafted entity-encoded HTML, such as encoded tags or event handler attributes, to become active HTML after sanitization. When the resulting summary was rendered in the CMS UI, arbitrary JavaScript could execute in the browser of a user viewing the affected entry list or search result.

The practical impact is limited in currently supported Sveltia CMS usage because the CMS is intended for a single developer or a small trusted team, and open authoring / untrusted multi-user authoring is not currently implemented. Exploitation requires the ability to place malicious content into the repository or content source that the CMS loads.

Patches

The issue has been patched by changing entry summary sanitization so that HTML entity decoding happens before sanitization for Markdown-enabled summaries. This ensures any decoded HTML is processed by the sanitizer before being rendered.

Users should upgrade to Sveltia CMS v0.160.1 or later.

Workarounds

If upgrading is not immediately possible, avoid loading CMS content from untrusted authors and review content for entity-encoded HTML payloads in fields used by entry summaries.

Administrators can also reduce exposure by avoiding Markdown-enabled summary rendering for untrusted content where possible, or by ensuring repository write access is limited to trusted users only.

Resources

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-05-18T13:43:50Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  null,
    "severity":  "LOW"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / @sveltia/cms

Package

Name
@sveltia/cms
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Purl
pkg:npm/%40sveltia/cms

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.160.1

Database specific

last_known_affected_version_range
"< 0.160.0"
source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/05/GHSA-97r8-rf7q-wmjw/GHSA-97r8-rf7q-wmjw.json"