{"id":"CVE-2026-54705","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-54705","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T07:04:16.138Z","title":"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,…","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.","published":"2026-07-29T18:16:55.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-24T13:10:00.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"},"cwe":["CWE-116"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00256,"percentile":0.17131,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/arnog/mathlive/commit/5fe1c46153883f9ec0249a5c8c34e64aaae9cfb8","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/arnog/mathlive/issues/3028","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/arnog/mathlive/security/advisories/GHSA-fm7p-gw32-828p","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/arnog/mathlive/security/advisories/GHSA-fm7p-gw32-828p","source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54705","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}