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CVE-2026-44644

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Description

LiquidJS is a Shopify/GitHub Pages compatible template engine written in pure JavaScript. Versions 10.25.7 and below are vulnerable to XSS through a flaw in the strip_html filter logic. The strip_html filter is intended to remove HTML tags from a string before rendering, and is widely used as an XSS sanitizer. The implementation uses a regex whose catch-all branch (<.*?>) does not match line terminators, so any HTML tag containing a \n or \r character passes through unmodified. An attacker who can place a newline inside a tag (e.g. <img\nsrc=x\nonerror=alert(1)>) bypasses sanitization entirely, since browsers treat newlines as whitespace within a tag and execute the resulting onerror/onload/etc. handler. Exploitation is possible for applications that both render attacker-controlled strings via {{ x | strip_html }} to defend against HTML injection and do not separately HTML-escape that output (default behavior — outputEscape is unset by default). This issue has been fixed in version 10.26.0.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.1 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-06-17 23:17:03.463000
Last modified
2026-10-26 11:10:00.157000
View original CVE JSON
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  "id": "CVE-2026-44644",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-06-17T23:17:03.463",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-26T11:10:00.157",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "LiquidJS is a Shopify/GitHub Pages compatible template engine written in pure JavaScript. Versions 10.25.7 and below are vulnerable to XSS through a flaw in the strip_html filter logic. The strip_html filter is intended to remove HTML tags from a string before rendering, and is widely used as an XSS sanitizer. The implementation uses a regex whose catch-all branch (<.*?>) does not match line terminators, so any HTML tag containing a \\n or \\r character passes through unmodified. An attacker who can place a newline inside a tag (e.g. <img\\nsrc=x\\nonerror=alert(1)>) bypasses sanitization entirely, since browsers treat newlines as whitespace within a tag and execute the resulting onerror/onload/etc. handler. Exploitation is possible for applications that both render attacker-controlled strings via {{ x | strip_html }} to defend against HTML injection and do not separately HTML-escape that output (default behavior — outputEscape is unset by default). This issue has been fixed in version 10.26.0."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "LiquidJS es un motor de plantillas compatible con Shopify/GitHub Pages escrito en JavaScript puro. Las versiones 10.25.7 e inferiores son vulnerables a XSS debido a una falla en la lógica del filtro strip_html. El filtro strip_html está diseñado para eliminar etiquetas HTML de una cadena antes de la renderización, y es ampliamente utilizado como un saneador de XSS. La implementación utiliza una expresión regular (regex) cuya rama comodín (<.* [código_PHP_PoC] ) no coincide con los terminadores de línea, por lo que cualquier etiqueta HTML que contenga un carácter \\n o \\r pasa sin modificar. Un atacante que puede colocar un salto de línea dentro de una etiqueta (p. ej., <img\\nsrc=x\\nonerror=alert(1)>) elude completamente la sanitización, ya que los navegadores tratan los saltos de línea como espacios en blanco dentro de una etiqueta y ejecutan el gestor onerror/onload/etc. resultante. La explotación es posible para aplicaciones que tanto renderizan cadenas controladas por el atacante a través de {{ x | strip_html }} para defenderse contra la inyección HTML como no escapan por separado esa salida HTML (comportamiento predeterminado - outputEscape no está configurado por defecto). Este problema ha sido solucionado en la versión 10.26.0."
    }
  ],
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          "baseScore": 6.1,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE"
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  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/harttle/liquidjs/commit/26ea2856c7a90aec892b98d94a9b7a3e18539045",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/harttle/liquidjs/releases/tag/v10.26.0",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/harttle/liquidjs/security/advisories/GHSA-2qv6-9wx5-cwv4",
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    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/harttle/liquidjs/security/advisories/GHSA-2qv6-9wx5-cwv4",
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