# CVE-2025-46734: league/commonmark Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Attributes extension

- Also known as: GHSA-3527-QV2Q-PFVX
- Severity: CVSS 6.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.7.0
- Published: 2025-05-05 · Updated: 2025-05-06

## Affected

- thephpleague commonmark: fixed in 2.7.0
- league/commonmark (Packagist): from 1.5.0, fixed in 2.7.0

## Description

league/commonmark is a PHP Markdown parser. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Attributes extension of the league/commonmark library (versions 1.5.0 through 2.6.x) allows remote attackers to insert malicious JavaScript calls into HTML. The league/commonmark library provides configuration options such as `html_input: 'strip'` and `allow_unsafe_links: false` to mitigate cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by stripping raw HTML and disallowing unsafe links. However, when the Attributes Extension is enabled, it introduces a way for users to inject arbitrary HTML attributes into elements via Markdown syntax using curly braces. Version 2.7.0 contains three changes to prevent this XSS attack vector: All attributes starting with `on` are considered unsafe and blocked by default; support for an explicit allowlist of allowed HTML attributes; and manually-added `href` and `src` attributes now respect the existing `allow_unsafe_links` configuration option. If upgrading is not feasible, please consider disabling the `AttributesExtension` for untrusted users and/or filtering the rendered HTML through a library like HTMLPurifier.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on thephpleague commonmark, league/commonmark, upgrade to a fixed version (2.7.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/thephpleague/commonmark/security/advisories/GHSA-3527-qv2q-pfvx
- https://github.com/thephpleague/commonmark/commit/f0d626cf05ad3e99e6db26ebcb9091b6cd1cd89b

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