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CVE-2026-44898— Mistune TOC Anchor Injection XSS

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Affected
lepture mistune
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mistune是Hsiaoming Yang个人开发者的一个快速而强大的 Python Markdown 解析器。 Mistune 3.2.1之前版本存在跨站脚本漏洞，该漏洞源于render_toc_ul()使用Python格式字符串将id和text值插入a标签而未进行HTML转义，攻击者可通过构造包含特殊字符的标题文本，在渲染目录中注入任意HTML标签。

CVSS 6.1 · Medium EPSS 0.23% · P14

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1189 · Drive-by Compromise

Affected Version Matrix 1

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
lepture mistune < 3.2.1 affected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-44898

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
Mistune TOC Anchor Injection XSS
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
Mistune is a Python Markdown parser with renderers and plugins. Prior to 3.2.1, render_toc_ul() builds a <ul> table-of-contents tree from a list of (level, id, text) tuples. Both the id value (used as href="#<id>") and the text value (used as the visible link label) are inserted into <a> tags via a plain Python format string — with no HTML escaping applied to either value. When heading IDs are derived from user-supplied heading text (the standard use-case for readable slug anchors), an attacker can craft a heading whose text breaks out of the href="#..." attribute context, injecting arbitrary HTML tags including <script> blocks directly into the rendered TOC. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.1.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
在Web页面生成时对输入的转义处理不恰当(跨站脚本)
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
mistune 跨站脚本漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
mistune是Hsiaoming Yang个人开发者的一个快速而强大的 Python Markdown 解析器。 Mistune 3.2.1之前版本存在跨站脚本漏洞，该漏洞源于render_toc_ul()使用Python格式字符串将id和text值插入a标签而未进行HTML转义，攻击者可通过构造包含特殊字符的标题文本，在渲染目录中注入任意HTML标签。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

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lepture mistune < 3.2.1 -

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Same Patch Batch · lepture · 2026-05-26 · 5 CVEs total

CVE-2026-44897 6.1 MEDIUM Mistune Heading ID Attribute Injection XSS
CVE-2026-44708 6.1 MEDIUM Mistune Math Plugin XSS Escape Bypass
CVE-2026-44899 4.7 MEDIUM Mistune Image Directive CSS Injection Vulnerability
CVE-2026-44896 Mistune: XSS via unescaped figclass/figwidth in Figure directive

IV. Related Vulnerabilities

Same product: mistune
Same vendor: lepture
Same weakness: CWE-79

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