Description
Hugo's default fenced-code-block renderer writes attribute values taken from the code-fence info string into the rendered HTML without escaping them. New in markup/internal/attributes/attributes.go converts every attribute value from a byte slice to a string as it is stored, deliberately dropping the escaping that used to happen there, and RenderAttributes in the same file escapes only values that are still byte slices, so its escaping branch is never reached and every value is written verbatim. The function's documentation states that it performs HTML escaping of string attributes, which it does not. A quote inside an attribute value in the info string therefore terminates the attribute and allows a further attribute, including an event handler, to be placed on the wrapper element, and the script runs for every visitor who loads the page. This path is reached under the default configuration, with code fences enabled and without goldmark's unsafe setting or any custom render hook. Attribute names beginning with on are filtered when the attributes are parsed, so injection is achieved through the value rather than the name.
Published: 2026-08-24
Score: 4.8 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gohugo
Gohugo hugo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gohugo:hugo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gohugo
Gohugo hugo

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Hugo's default fenced-code-block renderer writes attribute values taken from the code-fence info string into the rendered HTML without escaping them. New in markup/internal/attributes/attributes.go converts every attribute value from a byte slice to a string as it is stored, deliberately dropping the escaping that used to happen there, and RenderAttributes in the same file escapes only values that are still byte slices, so its escaping branch is never reached and every value is written verbatim. The function's documentation states that it performs HTML escaping of string attributes, which it does not. A quote inside an attribute value in the info string therefore terminates the attribute and allows a further attribute, including an event handler, to be placed on the wrapper element, and the script runs for every visitor who loads the page. This path is reached under the default configuration, with code fences enabled and without goldmark's unsafe setting or any custom render hook. Attribute names beginning with on are filtered when the attributes are parsed, so injection is achieved through the value rather than the name.
Title Hugo 0.93.0 through 0.165.0 Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Unescaped Code-Fence Attribute Values
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}

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Gohugo Hugo
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-24T11:13:21.240Z

Reserved: 2026-06-02T13:53:48.666Z

Link: CVE-2026-10618

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-24T11:16:38.403

Modified: 2026-08-24T11:16:38.403

Link: CVE-2026-10618

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-24T11:30:03Z

Weaknesses