Description
esm.sh is a nobuild content delivery network(CDN) for modern web development. Prior to version 136, The esm.sh CDN service contains a Template Literal Injection vulnerability (CWE-94) in its CSS-to-JavaScript module conversion feature. When a CSS file is requested with the ?module query parameter, esm.sh converts it to a JavaScript module by embedding the CSS content directly into a template literal without proper sanitization. An attacker can inject malicious JavaScript code using ${...} expressions within CSS files, which will execute when the module is imported by victim applications. This enables Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in browsers and Remote Code Execution (RCE) in Electron applications. This issue has been patched in version 136.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/esm-dev/esm.sh/security/advisories/GHSA-hcpf-qv9m-vfgp
Scores
CVSS v3
6.1
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
4.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-94
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (2)
esm/esm.sh
< 136
esm-dev/esm.sh
0 - 0.0.0-20251118065157-87d2f6497574Go
Published
Nov 19, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026