CVE-2026-54889

Summary

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS) vulnerability in leandrocp mdex allows cross-site scripting via unsanitized URL schemes in Quill Delta output.

'Elixir.MDEx':to_delta/2 converts Markdown into a Quill Delta. 'Elixir.MDEx.DeltaConverter':default_convert_node/3 in lib/mdex/delta_converter.ex copies the URL of a link, wikilink, or image node directly from the parsed Markdown into the Delta "link" or "image" attribute without applying a scheme allowlist or any normalization.

An attacker who controls the Markdown text can supply a javascript: URL (for example click) that survives verbatim into the Delta attribute. When the Delta is rendered to HTML by a downstream renderer (such as quill-delta-to-html or the Quill client), the attribute becomes an <a href> or <img src>, and the javascript: scheme executes in the browser of anyone who views the rendered content. The link and wikilink cases are the strongest vectors because javascript: in an href executes on click; the image case is lower impact because javascript: in <img src> generally does not execute in modern browsers.

This issue affects mdex: from 0.8.3 before 0.13.2.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
leandrocpmdex0.8.3 < 0.13.2affected
leandrocpmdex9852db2456fdc9d856eb636603a7f608e22e3793 < 2817147f5b87ce7186aa604c9ee72499485b8f2faffected

Weaknesses

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

Workarounds

Sanitize the Quill Delta produced by 'Elixir.MDEx':to_delta/2 before rendering it: drop or blank any "link" or "image" value whose URL scheme is not in a safe allowlist (http, https, mailto, tel).

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

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

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