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CVE-2026-104477: showdownjs showdown Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.1MediumAwaiting analysis
Published 02-10-2026Last modified 05-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-104477 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in showdownjs showdown. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.19%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 02-10-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Showdown through 2.1.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the makehtml link and image subparsers, which fail to escape double quotes in destination URLs placed into href and src attributes. Attackers can craft markdown links or images containing a double quote followed by onerror or onmouseover handlers to execute script when victims view rendered HTML.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

8%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

03-10-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.19%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Showdownjs1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

3 links