CVE-2026-48060

Summary

Litestar is an Asynchronous Server Gateway Interface (ASGI) framework. Prior to version 2.20.0, Litestar instances which use a template engine in conjunction with CSRF protection are vulnerable to HTML Injection which can be escalated to Cross Site Scripting due to the contents of the CSRF cookie being excluded from automatic escaping by the template engine when configured inline with documentation recommendations. This issue has been patched in version 2.20.0.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
litestar-orglitestar< 2.20.0affected

Weaknesses

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

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

Additional References

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