MarkUs is a web application for the submission and grading of student assignments. Prior to version 2.9.1, the courses/<:course_id>/assignments/<:assignment_id>/submissions/html_content route reads the contents of a student-submitted file and renders them without sanitization. This issue has been patched in version 2.9.1.
History

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Description MarkUs is a web application for the submission and grading of student assignments. Prior to version 2.9.1, the courses/<:course_id>/assignments/<:assignment_id>/submissions/html_content route reads the contents of a student-submitted file and renders them without sanitization. This issue has been patched in version 2.9.1.
Title MarkUs: Stored XSS in Submission HTML Preview Enables Instructor-Context Actions
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-05T20:06:13.433Z

Reserved: 2026-02-27T15:33:57.289Z

Link: CVE-2026-28405

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-05T21:16:21.707

Modified: 2026-03-05T21:16:21.707

Link: CVE-2026-28405

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