CVE-2026-58402

Hugo default code block renderer XSS via unescaped code-fence language

State
Published
Severity
5.1 Medium
Published
Jul 6, 2026
Updated
Jul 6, 2026
Reserved
Jun 30, 2026

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Description

Hugo is a static site generator. From 0.60.0 until 0.163.3, Hugo's default code-block renderer wrote the Markdown code-fence language or info-string into the code class="language-…" data-lang="…" wrapper without HTML escaping. A fence info-string containing a quote and a script payload breaks out of the attribute and injects a live script element. This issue is fixed in 0.163.3.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.05.1 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
hugogohugoio
  • >= 0.60.0, < 0.163.3Affected

References

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