Mistune before 3.3.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Include directive that emits included .html, .xhtml, or .htm file content as raw block_html tokens. Attackers who can plant an HTML file readable by the renderer can reference it via an include directive, combined with path traversal, to execute stored scripts when escape=False is set.
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Description Mistune before 3.3.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Include directive that emits included .html, .xhtml, or .htm file content as raw block_html tokens. Attackers who can plant an HTML file readable by the renderer can reference it via an include directive, combined with path traversal, to execute stored scripts when escape=False is set.
Title Mistune before 3.3.0 Stored XSS via Include Directive HTML Files
First Time appeared Mistune Project
Mistune Project mistune
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mistune_project:mistune:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mistune Project
Mistune Project mistune
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-22T19:13:26.891Z

Reserved: 2026-10-22T11:20:02.626Z

Link: CVE-2026-115350

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-22T19:17:40.767

Modified: 2026-10-22T19:17:40.880

Link: CVE-2026-115350

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-10-22T19:13:26Z

Links: CVE-2026-115350 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-23T07:15:17Z

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