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GHSA-93q6-wwjh-jc6h

MediumCVSS 5.3 / 10
Published Jul 2, 2026·Last modified Jul 2, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Finding

Location: core/src/server/render-to-string.ts:307-311

CSS value sanitization stripped expression( and url(javascript: using simple regex, but could be bypassed with CSS unicode escapes (\65xpression(), null bytes, or CSS comments (exp/**/ression().

Mitigating Factor: These CSS injection vectors only work in legacy browsers (IE6-IE10). SpecifyJS targets modern browsers.

Status

Fixed in v0.2.136 — CSS sanitization now normalizes unicode escapes and strips CSS comments before pattern matching. Also checks for behavior:, -moz-binding, and -o-link patterns.

Risk Scores
Base Score
5.3

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights.

Threat Intelligence
1.3

Limited exploitation activity has been observed. Close monitoring and planned remediation are recommended.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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