XSS in Milkdown
CVE-2026-57531
Milkdown before 7.21.3 contains a DOM cross-site scripting vulnerability in the @milkdown/plugin-emoji package that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the host application's origin by causing a victim to paste attacker-controlled content. The parseDOM.getAttrs handler stores raw innerHTML of pasted span elements with data-type="emoji" without sanitization, and the toMarkdown runner subsequently assigns this unsanitized value directly to a live DOM element's innerHTML, bypassing the DOMPurify sanitization used in the toDOM path, causing payload execution on every markdown serialization cycle.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.002 (16.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Milkdown — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (release-notes, patch)
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (issue-tracking, patch)
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (patch)
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (product)
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-57531?
- CVE-2026-57531 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Milkdown, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-07-24.
- How severe is CVE-2026-57531?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.