Stored XSS via unsanitized Mermaid DOM insertion
Published Jan 21, 2026 · Updated Jan 21, 2026
Stored XSS in Docmost 0.3.0 through 0.23.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute JavaScript when another user views a crafted page. The Mermaid view passes attacker-controlled diagrams to mermaid.render() and inserts its unsanitized SVG/HTML result with dangerouslySetInnerHTML. Page-editing access is required to store a diagram, and viewing the page runs the payload in the viewer's Docmost origin.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Docmost 0.3.0 through 0.23.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute JavaScript when another user views a crafted page. The Mermaid view passes attacker-controlled diagrams to mermaid.render() and inserts its unsanitized SVG/HTML result with dangerouslySetInnerHTML. Page-editing access is required to store a diagram, and viewing the page runs the payload in the viewer's Docmost origin.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-23630
- Published
- Jan 21, 2026
- Updated
- Jan 21, 2026
- Vendor
- Docmost
- Product
- Docmost
- Classifications
- CWE-116, CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 21, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 21, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=>= 0.3.0, < 0.24.0
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Published CVSS scores
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- GitHub advisory Mermaid stored-XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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