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CVE-2026-59710

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.1 Published: 2026-07-06 Modified: 2026-07-07

Description

showdown contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the parseHeaders function of src/subParsers/makehtml/tables.js that fails to properly escape table header ID attributes. Attackers can inject arbitrary HTML and script-executing SVG elements through double-quote characters in markdown table headers, achieving stored XSS when untrusted markdown is rendered with the default github flavor configuration.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-79

References