01 Record
CVE-2026-59710
showdown - Stored XSS via Unescaped Table Header ID Attribute Injection
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 - Stored XSS via Unescaped Table Header ID Attribute Injection
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 26.9% 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
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-07.
- 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
- 2026-07-06 21:15Z3 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-07-07 13:47Z3 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-07-06
- 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
- 4c2195f3003978818d02933af3f6f95a5fffe1e59c543b1e5ed9dffaadb6403e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comGitHub Issuehttps://github.com/showdownjs/showdown/issues/1046
- github.comProducthttps://github.com/showdownjs/showdown
- github.comhttps://github.com/showdownjs/showdown/commit/e5cab1e9a5dcea2bb3cbf888863fa7e65ab37edf
- www.vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/showdown-stored-xss-via-unescaped-table-header-id-attribute-injection