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Unsanitized class attribute

Moderate
wooorm published GHSA-4fh9-h7wg-q85m Dec 1, 2025

Package

npm mdast-util-to-hast (npm)

Affected versions

13.0.0, 13.0.1, 13.0.2, 13.1.0, 13.2.0

Patched versions

13.2.1

Description

Impact

Multiple (unprefixed) classnames could be added in markdown source by using character references.
This could make rendered user supplied markdown code elements appear like the rest of the page.
The following markdown:

```js xss
```

Would create <pre><code class="language-js xss"></code></pre>
If your page then applied .xss classes (or listeners in JS), those apply to this element.
For more info see https://github.com/ChALkeR/notes/blob/master/Improper-markup-sanitization.md#unsanitized-class-attribute

Patches

The bug was patched. When using regular semver, run npm install. For exact ranges, make sure to use 13.2.1.

Workarounds

Update.

References

Severity

Moderate

CVE ID

CVE-2025-66400

Weaknesses

No CWEs