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GHSA-qwj6-q94f-8425

MathLive's Lack of Escaping of HTML allows for XSS

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Moderate CVE-2025-29049

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
npm mathlive < 0.104.0 0.104.0

Details

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### Summary Despite normal text rendering as LaTeX expressions, preventing XSS, the library also provides users with commands which may modify HTML, such as the `\htmlData` command, and the lack of escaping leads to XSS. ### Details Overall in the code, other than in the `test` folder, no functions escaping HTML can be seen. ### PoC 1. Go to https://cortexjs.io/mathlive/demo/ 2. Paste either `\htmlData{><img/onerror=alert(1)"src=}{}` or `\htmlData{x=" ><img/onerror=alert(1) src>}{}` in the LaTeX textarea. ### Impact MathLive users who render untrusted mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using \htmlData that runs arbitrary JavaScript, or generate invalid HTML.

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