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CVE-2026-42794

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CVE-2026-42794

Published: May 8, 2026

Modified: May 16, 2026

PUBLISHED

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 before 1.5.10.

VendorProductVersions

absinthe-graphql

absinthe_plug

affected
1.2.0 - < 1.5.10

absinthe-graphql

absinthe_plug

affected
26241817cb4b9be4de3f5972c5fba3d36de3d713 - < 23a0d5658d32420086711adf4ce8f05febb09963

Weaknesses (CWE)

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