Showdown through 2.1.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the makehtml link and image subparsers, which fail to escape double quotes in destination URLs placed into href and src attributes. Attackers can craft markdown links or images containing a double quote followed by onerror or onmouseover handlers to execute script when victims view rendered HTML.

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Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Description Showdown through 2.1.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the makehtml link and image subparsers, which fail to escape double quotes in destination URLs placed into href and src attributes. Attackers can craft markdown links or images containing a double quote followed by onerror or onmouseover handlers to execute script when victims view rendered HTML.
Title Showdown through 2.1.0 XSS via unescaped quote in href and src attributes
First Time appeared Showdownjs
Showdownjs showdown
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:showdownjs:showdown:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Showdownjs
Showdownjs showdown
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-02T23:28:47.414Z

Reserved: 2026-10-02T00:55:58.388Z

Link: CVE-2026-104477

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-03T00:16:35.920

Modified: 2026-10-03T00:16:35.920

Link: CVE-2026-104477

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-10-02T23:28:47Z

Links: CVE-2026-104477 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-10-03T01:00:14Z

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