XML injection via incomplete comment sanitization
Published May 13, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026
XML injection in Natural Intelligence fast-xml-builder 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to inject XML or HTML through comment values. The comment builder replaces each double dash only once, so overlapping dashes leave a closing delimiter that terminates the comment early. Exploitation requires an application to enable comment properties, accept attacker-controlled values, and expose the generated output to a user; injected markup can alter that output or execute script in an HTML consumer.
Summary
What happened
XML injection in Natural Intelligence fast-xml-builder 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to inject XML or HTML through comment values. The comment builder replaces each double dash only once, so overlapping dashes leave a closing delimiter that terminates the comment early. Exploitation requires an application to enable comment properties, accept attacker-controlled values, and expose the generated output to a user; injected markup can alter that output or execute script in an HTML consumer.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-44664
- Published
- May 13, 2026
- Updated
- May 13, 2026
- Vendor
- Natural Intelligence
- Product
- fast-xml-builder
- Classifications
- CWE-91, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- May 13, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 13, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.1.5
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