CVE-2026-41692CWE-79CWE-94

i18nextify is vulnerable to DOM XSS via javascript:/data: URL schemes in translated href/src attributes

Medium · published May 7, 2026

CVSS v3.1
4.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
11.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

i18nextify is a JavaScript library that adds website internationalization via a script tag, without source code changes. Versions prior to 4.0.8 substitute {{key}} interpolation tokens inside src and href attribute values with the raw string returned by i18next.t(). The substitution logic in src/localize.js (the replaceInside handler) only guards against a duplicated http:// origin prefix — it does not validate the URL scheme of the substituted value. A translated value such as javascript:alert(1) or data:text/html,<script>...</script> is applied unchanged to the live DOM attribute when an attacker can influence the content of a translation file or the translation-backend response — for example, via a compromised translation CDN, user-contributed locales, a MITM on a plain-HTTP backend, or write access to the translation JSON. This issue was patched in version 4.0.8.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.7 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00218 · 11.7th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'); CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Published
2026-05-07T20:01Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 MAY 20:01Z
    i18nextify is vulnerable to DOM XSS via javascript:/data: URL schemes in translated href/src attributes
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