# CVE-2026-59710: showdown - Stored XSS via Unescaped Table Header ID Attribute Injection

- Also known as: GHSA-22G5-R2X5-97CX
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-07-06 · Updated: 2026-07-07

## Affected

- showdown: through 2.1.0
- showdown (npm): through 2.1.0

## Description

showdown contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the parseHeaders function of src/subParsers/makehtml/tables.js that fails to properly escape table header ID attributes. Attackers can inject arbitrary HTML and script-executing SVG elements through double-quote characters in markdown table headers, achieving stored XSS when untrusted markdown is rendered with the default github flavor configuration.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/showdownjs/showdown/issues/1046
- https://github.com/showdownjs/showdown
- https://github.com/showdownjs/showdown/commit/e5cab1e9a5dcea2bb3cbf888863fa7e65ab37edf
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/showdown-stored-xss-via-unescaped-table-header-id-attribute-injection

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