CVE-2026-59711

CVE-2026-59711CVE-2026-59711

Description

showdown contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in metadata title handling that allows attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and JavaScript. When completeHTMLDocument option is enabled, unescaped less-than and greater-than characters in markdown frontmatter metadata are inserted directly into HTML title tags, enabling attackers to break out of the title context and execute malicious scripts in the rendered page.

Scoring

CVSS 6.1 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Last modified2026-07-06
Sourced from NVD. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.