CVE-2026-57530

MEDIUM

Milkdown < 7.21.3 Stored XSS via javascript: URL in link href

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Milkdown before 7.21.3 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the @milkdown/preset-commonmark and @milkdown/components packages that allows attackers with document write access to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browser context of any user who opens the document or clicks a rendered link. The parseMarkdown runner stores raw URL values from the remark AST as href mark attributes without URL scheme validation, and the ineffective DOMPurify.sanitize call in edit-view.ts treats the bare URL string as a text node and returns it unchanged, allowing javascript: payloads to pass through the link-tooltip preview component and read-only mode anchor elements unmodified.

References (6)

Core 6

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 (1)
Milkdown/milkdown < 7.21.3
Published Jul 24, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 25, 2026