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.
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Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:15:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | showdown - Cross-Site Scripting via Unescaped Metadata Title in completeHTMLDocument | |
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Showdownjs
Showdownjs showdown |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-79 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:showdownjs:showdown:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | |
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Showdownjs
Showdownjs showdown |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
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Updated: 2026-07-06T21:00:38.491Z
Reserved: 2026-07-06T15:31:46.188Z
Link: CVE-2026-59711
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