Mistune is a Python Markdown parser with renderers and plugins. Prior to 3.2.1, HTMLRenderer.heading() builds the opening <hN> tag by string-concatenating the id attribute value directly into the HTML — with no call to escape(), safe_entity(), or any other sanitisation function. A double-quote character " in the id value terminates the attribute, allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary additional attributes (event handlers, src=, href=, etc.) into the heading element. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.1.
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Tue, 26 May 2026 21:15:00 +0000
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| Description | Mistune is a Python Markdown parser with renderers and plugins. Prior to 3.2.1, HTMLRenderer.heading() builds the opening <hN> tag by string-concatenating the id attribute value directly into the HTML — with no call to escape(), safe_entity(), or any other sanitisation function. A double-quote character " in the id value terminates the attribute, allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary additional attributes (event handlers, src=, href=, etc.) into the heading element. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.1. | |
| Title | Mistune Heading ID Attribute Injection XSS | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-79 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-05-26T20:40:42.290Z
Reserved: 2026-05-07T21:50:33.546Z
Link: CVE-2026-44897
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-05-26T21:16:39.657
Modified: 2026-05-26T21:16:39.657
Link: CVE-2026-44897
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