CVE-2026-117645CWE-79cross-site-scripting

Phoenix.HTML vulnerable to attribute injection via unvalidated attribute names in attributes_escape/1

Medium · published October 30, 2026

CVSS v4.0
5.3
EPSS
—
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in phoenixframework phoenix_html allows an attacker who controls attribute names to inject attributes and script into rendered HTML via Phoenix.HTML.attributes_escape/1.

attributes_escape/1 in lib/phoenix_html.ex escapes attribute values but not attribute names. key_escape/1 passes a binary key through html_escape, which neutralizes quotes and angle brackets but not whitespace, so a key such as x onmouseover ends the attribute and starts a new one. An atom key is only dasherized, so any character passes, including quotes and >. Nested data, aria and phx keys take the same paths. An application is affected when it builds attribute keys from untrusted input and renders them through HEEx <tag {@attrs}>, content_tag/3, or a direct call. Before 3.0.0 the same code lived in Phoenix.HTML.Tag.

This issue affects phoenix_html: from 1.0.0 before 3.3.5 and from 4.0.0 before 4.4.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
Not scored
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2026-10-30T20:25Z
Timeline
  • 30 OCT 20:25Z
    Phoenix.HTML vulnerable to attribute injection via unvalidated attribute names in attributes_escape/1
    cvelistv5
  • 30 OCT 20:25Z
    Phoenix.HTML vulnerable to attribute injection via unvalidated attribute names in attributes_escape/1
    cvelistv5