CVE-2026-109597

Hugo v0.60.0 before v0.167.0 Stored XSS via Table of Contents Heading IDs

Published Oct 12, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Hugo from v0.60.0 before v0.167.0 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows Markdown content authors to inject HTML by supplying crafted explicit heading IDs. Attackers can break out of the unescaped href attribute in .TableOfContents or .Fragments.ToHTML output to inject elements with event handlers into rendered pages.

Remediation

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History
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Metrics ssvc

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

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Description Hugo from v0.60.0 before v0.167.0 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows Markdown content authors to inject HTML by supplying crafted explicit heading IDs. Attackers can break out of the unescaped href attribute in .TableOfContents or .Fragments.ToHTML output to inject elements with event handlers into rendered pages.
Title Hugo v0.60.0 before v0.167.0 Stored XSS via Table of Contents Heading IDs
First Time appeared Gohugo
Gohugo hugo
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gohugo:hugo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gohugo
Gohugo hugo
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Oct 13, 2026, 4:46 PM
Reserved
Oct 12, 2026, 8:59 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Oct 12, 2026, 11:17 PM
Modified
Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 12, 2026, 10:21 PM