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GHSA-x8qp-wqqm-57ph

vue-i18n's escapeParameterHtml does not prevent DOM-based XSS through its tag attributes

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Moderate CVE-2025-53892

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
npm vue-i18n >= 9.0.0, < 9.14.5 9.14.5
npm vue-i18n >= 10.0.0, < 10.0.8 10.0.8
npm vue-i18n >= 11.0.0, < 11.1.10 11.1.10
npm @intlify/core >= 9.0.0, < 9.14.5 9.14.5
npm @intlify/core >= 10.0.0, < 10.0.8 10.0.8
npm @intlify/core >= 11.0.0, < 11.1.10 11.1.10
npm @intlify/core-base >= 9.0.0, < 9.14.5 9.14.5
npm @intlify/core-base >= 10.0.0, < 10.0.8 10.0.8
npm @intlify/core-base >= 11.0.0, < 11.1.10 11.1.10
npm @intlify/vue-i18n-core >= 9.2.0, < 9.14.5 9.14.5
npm @intlify/vue-i18n-core >= 10.0.0, < 10.0.8 10.0.8
npm @intlify/vue-i18n-core >= 11.0.0, < 11.1.10 11.1.10
npm petite-vue-i18n >= 10.0.0, < 10.0.8 10.0.8
npm petite-vue-i18n >= 11.0.0, < 11.1.10 11.1.10

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

### Summary The escapeParameterHtml: true option in Vue I18n is designed to protect against HTML/script injection by escaping interpolated parameters. However, this setting fails to prevent execution of certain tag-based payloads, such as `<img src=x onerror=...>`, if the interpolated value is inserted inside an HTML context using v-html. This may lead to a DOM-based XSS vulnerability, even when using escapeParameterHtml: true, if a translation string includes minor HTML and is rendered via v-html. ### Details When escapeParameterHtml: true is enabled, it correctly escapes common injection points. However, it does not sanitize entire attribute contexts, which can be used as XSS vectors via: `<img src=x onerror=alert(1)> ` ### PoC In your Vue I18n configuration: ``` const i18n = createI18n({ escapeParameterHtml: true, messages: { en: { vulnerable: 'Caution: <img src=x onerror="{payload}">' } } }); ``` Use this interpolated payload: `const payload = '<script>alert("xss")</script>';` Render the translation using v-html (even not using v-html): `<p v-html="$t('vulnerable', { payload })"></p> ` Expected: escaped content should render as text, not execute. Actual: script executes in some environments (or the payload is partially parsed as HTML). ### Impact This creates a DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability despite enabling a security option (escapeParameterHtml) .

References

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