# CVE-2026-54705: mathlive's Lack of Escaping of HTML allows for XSS

- Also known as: GHSA-FM7P-GW32-828P
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.110.0
- Published: 2026-07-29 · Updated: 2026-07-29

## Affected

- arnog mathlive: fixed in 0.110.0
- mathlive (npm): fixed in 0.110.0

## Description

MathLive provides web components for math display and input. Prior to 0.110.0, MathLive fails to escape text-mode content in \text{} and \mbox{} commands in Box.toMarkup at src/core/box.ts, in xmlEscape, scanText, and text-mode output in src/formats/atom-to-math-ml.ts, and through convertLatexToMarkup, convertLatexToMathMl, <math-span>, <math-div>, and the default identity MathfieldElement.createHTML, allowing malicious input to run arbitrary JavaScript when rendered. This issue is fixed in version 0.110.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on arnog mathlive, mathlive, upgrade to a fixed version (0.110.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/arnog/mathlive/security/advisories/GHSA-fm7p-gw32-828p
- https://github.com/arnog/mathlive/issues/3028
- https://github.com/arnog/mathlive/commit/5fe1c46153883f9ec0249a5c8c34e64aaae9cfb8

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