CVE-2026-117645
Severity not reportedImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in phoenixframework phoenix_html allows an attacker who cont…
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 , 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.
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-117645.html 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_html/commit/6ad3a1d7960891a468d54636054a98e11d... 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_html/commit/a47dc8944a773b7e9273d9691dc6744ec7... 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_html/commit/d9e4e6b2d9be49e25fb6d6b4fdbb200817... 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-117645 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
