# CVE-2026-48822: Shaarli has Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Markdown Reference Links

- Severity: CVSS 5.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.16.2
- Published: 2026-06-17 · Updated: 2026-06-18

## Affected

- Shaarli: fixed in 0.16.2

## Description

Shaarli is a personal bookmarking service. Versions 0.16.1 and prior contain a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Markdown-to-HTML conversion process used in the Bookmark Description field. An authenticated user can inject a malicious javascript: URI inside a Markdown link. The vulnerability originates in the filterProtocols method within BookmarkMarkdownFormatter.php.This method attempts to sanitize Markdown links by filtering dangerous protocols (such as javascript:) before rendering. It uses the following regular expression: (#]\((.*?)\)#is). This regex is designed to detect inline Markdown links, but it fails to detect Markdown reference-style links because reference-style links are resolved by the Markdown parser after preprocessing. The filterProtocols method never inspects the actual URL used in these references and as a result, an attacker can supply a javascript: URI inside a reference definition. This issue has been fixed in version 0.16.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Shaarli, upgrade to a fixed version (0.16.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli/security/advisories/GHSA-2hgr-63wv-x462
- https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli/releases/tag/v0.16.2

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