Medium severity · published Jul 24, 2026
CVE-2026-57530
Milkdown < 7.21.3 Stored XSS via javascript: URL in link href
5.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Milkdown before 7.21.3 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the @milkdown/preset-commonmark and @milkdown/components packages that allows attackers with document write access to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browser context of any user who opens the document or clicks a rendered link. The parseMarkdown runner stores raw URL values from the remark AST as href mark attributes without URL scheme validation, and the ineffective DOMPurify.sanitize call in edit-view.ts treats the bare URL string as a text node and returns it unchanged, allowing javascript: payloads to pass through the link-tooltip preview component and read-only mode anchor elements unmodified.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 24% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MI
milkdown · Milkdown
before 7.21.3 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57530
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-57530
github.com
https://github.com/Milkdown/milkdown/commit/db1ae721854a0ab2f188b83cf8695702966640f1
github.com
https://github.com/Milkdown/milkdown/pull/2410
github.com
https://github.com/Milkdown/milkdown/releases/tag/v7.21.3
www.npmjs.com
https://www.npmjs.com/package/@milkdown/components
www.npmjs.com
https://www.npmjs.com/package/@milkdown/preset-commonmark
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/milkdown-stored-xss-via-javascript-url-in-link-href
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