# CVE-2026-50133: Hugo: XSS via text/html content files

- Also known as: GO-2026-5313, GHSA-C54G-XJWJ-8G82
- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/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: 0.162.0
- Published: 2026-07-06 · Updated: 2026-07-07

## Affected

- gohugoio hugo: fixed in 0.162.0
- github.com/gohugoio/hugo (Go): fixed in 0.162.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gohugoio hugo, github.com/gohugoio/hugo, upgrade to a fixed version (0.162.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-c54g-xjwj-8g82
- https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/e41a06447daa3071a01f333fdcec0a5153c3c8d1
- https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.162.0

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