Stored XSS via unescaped source URL
Published Aug 18, 2026 · Updated Aug 18, 2026
Stored XSS in Grav before 2.0.15 allows remote authenticated users to execute JavaScript in viewers' sessions via crafted Markdown media URLs. AudioMediaTrait and VideoMediaTrait sourceParsedownElement() build a raw HTML source tag and concatenate the media URL fragment into src without escaping, so a double quote in the fragment breaks attribute context and injects live markup such as an auto-firing svg onload payload. Reachability requires page-edit rights or another path to store attacker-controlled Markdown, and impact is bounded to browsers that render the poisoned page, including administrative sessions that view it.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Grav before 2.0.15 allows remote authenticated users to execute JavaScript in viewers' sessions via crafted Markdown media URLs. AudioMediaTrait and VideoMediaTrait sourceParsedownElement() build a raw HTML source tag and concatenate the media URL fragment into src without escaping, so a double quote in the fragment breaks attribute context and injects live markup such as an auto-firing svg onload payload. Reachability requires page-edit rights or another path to store attacker-controlled Markdown, and impact is bounded to browsers that render the poisoned page, including administrative sessions that view it.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-75831
- Published
- Aug 18, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 18, 2026
- Vendor
- Grav
- Product
- Grav
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 18, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 18, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.0.15
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Public exploit references
- Markdown audio/video source URL proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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