CVE-2026-33311

MEDIUM

@dicebear/core and @dicebear/initials Vulnerable to SVG Injection via Unsanitized Options

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

DiceBear is an avatar library for designers and developers. Starting in version 5.0.0 and prior to versions 5.4.4, 6.1.4, 7.1.4, 8.0.3, and 9.4.1, SVG attribute values derived from user-supplied options (`backgroundColor`, `fontFamily`, `textColor`) were not XML-escaped before interpolation into SVG output. This could allow Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) when applications pass untrusted input to `createAvatar()` and serve the resulting SVG inline or with `Content-Type: image/svg+xml`. Starting in versions 5.4.4, 6.1.4, 7.1.4, 8.0.3, and 9.4.1, all affected SVG attribute values are properly escaped using XML entity encoding. Users should upgrade to the listed patched versions. Some mitigating factors limit vulnerability. Applications that validate input against the library's JSON Schema before passing it to `createAvatar()` are not affected. The DiceBear CLI validates input via AJV and was not vulnerable. Exploitation requires that an application passes untrusted, unvalidated external input directly as option values.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (8)
dicebear/core 5.0.0 - 5.4.4npm
dicebear/dicebear 5.0.0 - 5.4.4
dicebear/dicebear >= 5.0.0, < 5.4.4
dicebear/dicebear >= 6.0.0, < 6.1.4
dicebear/dicebear >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.4
dicebear/dicebear >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.3
dicebear/dicebear >= 9.0.0, < 9.4.1
dicebear/initials 5.0.0 - 5.4.4npm
Published Mar 24, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 24, 2026