xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) `DOMParser` and `XMLSerializer` module. In xmldom versions 0.6.0 and prior and @xmldom/xmldom prior to versions 0.8.12 and 0.9.9, xmldom/xmldom allows attacker-controlled strings containing the CDATA terminator ]]> to be inserted into a CDATASection node. During serialization, XMLSerializer emitted the CDATA content verbatim without rejecting or safely splitting the terminator. As a result, data intended to remain text-only became active XML markup in the serialized output, enabling XML structure injection and downstream business-logic manipulation. This issue has been patched in xmldom version 0.6.0 and @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.12 and 0.9.9.
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GHSA-wh4c-j3r5-mjhp | xmldom: XML injection via unsafe CDATA serialization allows attacker-controlled markup insertion |
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| Description | xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) `DOMParser` and `XMLSerializer` module. In xmldom versions 0.6.0 and prior and @xmldom/xmldom prior to versions 0.8.12 and 0.9.9, xmldom/xmldom allows attacker-controlled strings containing the CDATA terminator ]]> to be inserted into a CDATASection node. During serialization, XMLSerializer emitted the CDATA content verbatim without rejecting or safely splitting the terminator. As a result, data intended to remain text-only became active XML markup in the serialized output, enabling XML structure injection and downstream business-logic manipulation. This issue has been patched in xmldom version 0.6.0 and @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.12 and 0.9.9. | |
| Title | xmldom: XML injection via unsafe CDATA serialization allows attacker-controlled markup insertion | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-91 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-04-02T17:47:13.209Z
Reserved: 2026-03-30T17:15:52.500Z
Link: CVE-2026-34601
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-02T18:16:31.933
Modified: 2026-04-02T18:16:31.933
Link: CVE-2026-34601
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