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Medium · 6.4 CVE-2025-46734 EUVD-2025-13411GHSA-3527-qv2q-pfvx

league/commonmark Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Attributes extension

Published May 5, 2025 · Updated May 6, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

league/commonmark is a PHP Markdown parser. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Attributes extension of the league/commonmark library (versions 1.5.0 through 2.6.x) allows remote attackers to insert malicious JavaScript calls into HTML. The league/commonmark library provides configuration options such as `html_input: 'strip'` and `allow_unsafe_links: false` to mitigate cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by stripping raw HTML and disallowing unsafe links. However, when the Attributes Extension is enabled, it introduces a way for users to inject arbitrary HTML attributes into elements via Markdown syntax using curly braces. Version 2.7.0 contains three changes to prevent this XSS attack vector: All attributes starting with `on` are considered unsafe and blocked by default; support for an explicit allowlist of allowed HTML attributes; and manually-added `href` and `src` attributes now respect the existing `allow_unsafe_links` configuration option. If upgrading is not feasible, please consider disabling the `AttributesExtension` for untrusted users and/or filtering the rendered HTML through a library like HTMLPurifier.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
thephpleague commonmark < 2.7.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 php-league-commonmark 2.7.0-1 —
Debian 13 php-league-commonmark 2.7.0-1 —
Debian 12 php-league-commonmark 2.3.9-1+deb12u1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS php-league-commonmark 2.4.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 USN-8194-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS php-league-commonmark 1.6.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 USN-8194-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS php-league-commonmark 1.3.1-1ubuntu2+esm1 USN-8194-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist league/commonmark >= 1.5.0, < 2.7.0 2.7.0 GHSA-3527-qv2q-pfvx

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