This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/xml_builder.ex and program routines XmlBuilder.generate/1, XmlBuilder.generate/2, XmlBuilder.escape/1.
The escape/1 clause for {:cdata, data} in lib/xml_builder.ex concatenates data verbatim between the CDATA opener <![CDATA[ and closer ]]> without rewriting or splitting on the embedded ]]> sequence. Because CDATA sections have no internal escape mechanism, the only safe way to embed arbitrary bytes is to split on ]]> and emit adjacent CDATA sections. An attacker who can supply input containing ]]> closes the CDATA section early; any bytes that follow are parsed as ordinary XML markup by downstream consumers, allowing injection of arbitrary elements, text, or entity references into the output document.
This issue affects xml_builder: from 0.0.7 before 2.4.1.
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| Description | XML Injection vulnerability in joshnuss xml_builder (XmlBuilder module) allows Content Spoofing, XML Injection. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/xml_builder.ex and program routines XmlBuilder.generate/1, XmlBuilder.generate/2, XmlBuilder.escape/1. The escape/1 clause for {:cdata, data} in lib/xml_builder.ex concatenates data verbatim between the CDATA opener <![CDATA[ and closer ]]> without rewriting or splitting on the embedded ]]> sequence. Because CDATA sections have no internal escape mechanism, the only safe way to embed arbitrary bytes is to split on ]]> and emit adjacent CDATA sections. An attacker who can supply input containing ]]> closes the CDATA section early; any bytes that follow are parsed as ordinary XML markup by downstream consumers, allowing injection of arbitrary elements, text, or entity references into the output document. This issue affects xml_builder: from 0.0.7 before 2.4.1. | |
| Title | CDATA Section Breakout via Unsanitised ]]> in xml_builder | |
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Joshnuss xml Builder |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-91 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:joshnuss:xml_builder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Joshnuss xml Builder |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: EEF
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-21T12:32:15.846Z
Reserved: 2026-05-18T17:28:10.319Z
Link: CVE-2026-47080
Updated: 2026-08-21T12:30:21.762Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-21T10:16:38.497
Modified: 2026-08-21T13:18:06.050
Link: CVE-2026-47080
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Updated: 2026-08-21T11:30:04Z