01 Record
CVE-2026-104477
Showdown through 2.1.0 XSS via unescaped quote in href and src attributes
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: VulnCheck
CNA base score5.3 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
02 Description
Showdown through 2.1.0 XSS via unescaped quote in href and src attributes
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 8.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-06.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-02 23:28Z26 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-05 20:30Z23 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-10-02
- Assigning CNA
- VulnCheck
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.3)
- CNA CVSS 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
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- b85e5b4aee574d1489da66c96492949c33c8b69b3c44fed1f494b2ca87faa5c9
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comPatch Commithttps://github.com/showdownjs/showdown/commit/4fb992cd26631c108ec0410342630c80207ec7c6
- github.comhttps://github.com/showdownjs/showdown
- www.vulncheck.comVulnCheck Advisory: Showdown through 2.1.0 XSS via unescaped quote in href and src attributeshttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/showdown-through-2.1.0-xss-via-unescaped-quote-in-href-and-src-attributes