# CVE-2026-45753: Symfony: HtmlSanitizer UrlAttributeSanitizer Omits action/formaction/poster/cite — javascript: URI Survives Sanitization (XSS)

- Also known as: GHSA-HHG7-C65M-H7FF
- Severity: CVSS 2.1 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.4.40, 7.4.12, 8.0.12
- Published: 2026-07-14 · Updated: 2026-07-14

## Affected

- symfony: from 6.1.0-BETA1, fixed in 6.4.40; from 7.0.0-BETA1, fixed in 7.4.12; from 8.0.0-BETA1, fixed in 8.0.12
- symfony html-sanitizer: from 6.1.0-BETA1, fixed in 6.4.40; from 7.0.0-BETA1, fixed in 7.4.12; from 8.0.0-BETA1, fixed in 8.0.12
- symfony/html-sanitizer (Packagist): from 6.1.0, fixed in 6.4.40
- symfony/html-sanitizer (Packagist): from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.4.12
- symfony/html-sanitizer (Packagist): from 8.0.0, fixed in 8.0.12
- symfony/symfony (Packagist): from 6.1.0, fixed in 6.4.40
- symfony/symfony (Packagist): from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.4.12
- symfony/symfony (Packagist): from 8.0.0, fixed in 8.0.12

## Description

Symfony is a PHP framework for web and console applications and a set of reusable PHP components. From 6.1.0-BETA1 until 6.4.40, 7.4.12, and 8.0.12, UrlAttributeSanitizer::getSupportedAttributes() omits URL-valued attributes including action, formaction, poster, and cite, so configurations that admit those attributes can leave javascript: URIs unsanitized and enable XSS when the resulting HTML is rendered or a victim submits a form or clicks a button. This issue is fixed in versions 6.4.40, 7.4.12, and 8.0.12.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on symfony, symfony html-sanitizer, symfony/html-sanitizer or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (6.4.40, 7.4.12, 8.0.12) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-hhg7-c65m-h7ff
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/487728e7e180a674a6d4c01bd0cb56161cc441b7
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v6.4.40
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v7.4.12
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v8.0.12

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