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    2 vulnerabilities by hbs

    CVE-2026-16231 (GCVE-0-2026-16231)

    Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-08-25 10:00 – Updated: 2026-08-25 19:47
    VLAI
    Title
    hbs vulnerable to XSS via registerAsyncHelper output-escaping bypass
    Summary
    hbs is an Express view engine that wraps Handlebars. Its registerAsyncHelper API bypasses Handlebars' automatic HTML escaping: an async helper returns an opaque placeholder during the first render pass, so the double-brace expression escapes only the placeholder, and after rendering hbs substitutes the placeholder with the raw callback return value without escaping it, across the cached, uncached, and layout render paths. An application that passes attacker-influenced data, for example user-supplied content from a database, into an async helper callback can therefore have arbitrary HTML and JavaScript injected into the server-rendered page, resulting in stored or reflected cross-site scripting. Versions 2.1.0 through 4.2.1 are affected, and the issue is fixed in 4.3.0, which HTML-escapes async helper output. Applications that intentionally emit raw HTML from an async helper can opt in explicitly with hbs.SafeString. Users should upgrade to 4.3.0.
    Severity
    8.1 (High)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
    Decision recorded 2026-08-25 19:47 UTC
    CWE
    • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    hbs hbs Affected: 2.1.0 , < 4.3.0 (semver)
    Unaffected: 4.3.0 (semver)
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Credits
    EQSTLab UlisesGascon bjohansebas
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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    CVE-2026-16231 (GCVE-0-2026-16231)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-25 10:00 – Updated: 2026-08-25 19:47
    VLAI
    Title
    hbs vulnerable to XSS via registerAsyncHelper output-escaping bypass
    Summary
    hbs is an Express view engine that wraps Handlebars. Its registerAsyncHelper API bypasses Handlebars' automatic HTML escaping: an async helper returns an opaque placeholder during the first render pass, so the double-brace expression escapes only the placeholder, and after rendering hbs substitutes the placeholder with the raw callback return value without escaping it, across the cached, uncached, and layout render paths. An application that passes attacker-influenced data, for example user-supplied content from a database, into an async helper callback can therefore have arbitrary HTML and JavaScript injected into the server-rendered page, resulting in stored or reflected cross-site scripting. Versions 2.1.0 through 4.2.1 are affected, and the issue is fixed in 4.3.0, which HTML-escapes async helper output. Applications that intentionally emit raw HTML from an async helper can opt in explicitly with hbs.SafeString. Users should upgrade to 4.3.0.
    Severity
    8.1 (High)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
    Decision recorded 2026-08-25 19:47 UTC
    CWE
    • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    hbs hbs Affected: 2.1.0 , < 4.3.0 (semver)
    Unaffected: 4.3.0 (semver)
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Credits
    EQSTLab UlisesGascon bjohansebas
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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