CVE-2026-42794

low

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS) vulnerability in absinthe-graphql absinthe_plug allows reflected cross-site scripting via the GraphiQL interface. 'Elixir.Absinthe.Plug.GraphiQL':js_escape/1 in lib/absinthe/plug/graphiql.ex escapes single quotes and newlines in the query GET parameter before embedding it in an inline JavaScript string, but does not escape backslashes. An attacker can bypass the escaping by prefixing a quote with a backslash (e.g. \'), breaking out of the string context and executing arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser. This issue affects absinthe_plug: from 1.2.0.

References

https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-42794

https://github.com/absinthe-graphql/absinthe_plug/issues/275

https://github.com/absinthe-graphql/absinthe_plug/commit/23a0d5658d32420086711adf4ce8f05febb09963

https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-42794.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-08

Updated: 2026-05-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 2.3

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00047