CVE-2026-47080

CDATA Section Breakout via Unsanitised ]]> in xml_builder

Published Aug 21, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
XML Injection vulnerability in joshnuss xml_builder (XmlBuilder module) allows Content Spoofing, XML Injection.

This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/xml_builder.ex and program routines XmlBuilder.generate/1, XmlBuilder.generate/2, XmlBuilder.escape/1.

The escape/1 clause for {:cdata, data} in lib/xml_builder.ex concatenates data verbatim between the CDATA opener <![CDATA[ and closer ]]> without rewriting or splitting on the embedded ]]> sequence. Because CDATA sections have no internal escape mechanism, the only safe way to embed arbitrary bytes is to split on ]]> and emit adjacent CDATA sections. An attacker who can supply input containing ]]> closes the CDATA section early; any bytes that follow are parsed as ordinary XML markup by downstream consumers, allowing injection of arbitrary elements, text, or entity references into the output document.

This issue affects xml_builder: from 0.0.7 before 2.4.1.

Remediation

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description XML Injection vulnerability in joshnuss xml_builder (XmlBuilder module) allows Content Spoofing, XML Injection. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/xml_builder.ex and program routines XmlBuilder.generate/1, XmlBuilder.generate/2, XmlBuilder.escape/1. The escape/1 clause for {:cdata, data} in lib/xml_builder.ex concatenates data verbatim between the CDATA opener <![CDATA[ and closer ]]> without rewriting or splitting on the embedded ]]> sequence. Because CDATA sections have no internal escape mechanism, the only safe way to embed arbitrary bytes is to split on ]]> and emit adjacent CDATA sections. An attacker who can supply input containing ]]> closes the CDATA section early; any bytes that follow are parsed as ordinary XML markup by downstream consumers, allowing injection of arbitrary elements, text, or entity references into the output document. This issue affects xml_builder: from 0.0.7 before 2.4.1.
Title CDATA Section Breakout via Unsanitised ]]> in xml_builder
First Time appeared Joshnuss
Joshnuss xml Builder
Weaknesses CWE-91
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:joshnuss:xml_builder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Joshnuss
Joshnuss xml Builder
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
EEF
Published
Updated
Aug 21, 2026, 12:32 PM
Reserved
May 18, 2026, 5:28 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Aug 21, 2026, 10:16 AM
Modified
Oct 16, 2026, 3:10 PM