Medium severity · published Dec 9, 2024
CVE-2024-55601
Hugo does not escape some attributes in internal templates
5.3
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Hugo is a static site generator. Starting in version 0.123.0 and prior to version 0.139.4, some HTML attributes in Markdown in the internal templates listed below not escaped in internal render hooks. Those whoa re impacted are Hugo users who do not trust their Markdown content files and are using one or more of these templates: `_default/_markup/render-link.html` from `v0.123.0`; `_default/_markup/render-image.html` from `v0.123.0`; `_default/_markup/render-table.html` from `v0.134.0`; and/or `shortcodes/youtube.html` from `v0.125.0`. This issue is patched in v0.139.4. As a workaround, one may replace an affected component with user defined templates or disable the internal templates.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HU
hugo · gohugoio
>= 0.123.0, < 0.139.4 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55601
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-55601
github.com
https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/54398f8d572c689f9785d59e907fd910a23401b0
github.com
https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.139.4
github.com
https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-c2xf-9v2r-r2rx
gohugo.io
https://gohugo.io/getting-started/configuration-markup/#renderhooksimageenabledefault
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