Medium severity · published Jul 6, 2026
CVE-2026-50133
Hugo: XSS via text/html content files
6.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Hugo is a static site generator. Prior to 0.162.0, Hugo accepts content files in several markup formats. Files mapped to the text/html media type (typically .html files under /content, or pages produced by a content adapter that sets content.mediaType = "text/html") had their body emitted verbatim into the rendered page. A site that ingests HTML content from an untrusted source could therefore be served stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.162.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 26% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HU
hugo · gohugoio
< 0.162.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50133
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50133
Patch
https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/e41a06447daa3071a01f333fdcec0a5153c3c8d1
Release Notes
https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.162.0
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-c54g-xjwj-8g82
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