XSS in Emilstenstrom Justhtml

CVE-2026-8630

justhtml before 1.12.0 (versions <= 1.11.0) contains a mutation cross-site scripting (mXSS) vulnerability in the serialization of raw-text elements such as <style> and <script>. When a DOM tree is processed by sanitize_dom() using a custom policy that keeps these elements, text nodes inside them are serialized literally without escaping, allowing attacker-controlled text containing the matching closing tag sequence to break out of the raw-text context and inject arbitrary HTML into the serialized output. The default sanitization policy is not affected because it drops the contents of style and script.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-8630?
CVE-2026-8630 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Emilstenstrom Justhtml, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-08-23.
How severe is CVE-2026-8630?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.