{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 2.11.3"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Go",
        "name": "github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.11.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Go",
        "name": "github.com/caddyserver/caddy"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "1.0.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-52846"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-116"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-06-16T21:28:55Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Summary\nCaddy\u2019s `stripHTML` template function cannot reliably remove all HTML tags from input strings. Certain malformed HTML, such as `\u003c\u003c\u003eimg src=x onerror=alert()\u003e`, can bypass the tag-stripping logic, potentially leaving dangerous content in the output if it is later rendered as HTML. This may allow client-side XSS in cases where untrusted strings are rendered unsafely.\n\n---\n\n### Details\nThe vulnerability originates from `funcStripHTML` in:\n\n[caddy/caddy/caddyhttp/templates/tplcontext.go](https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/blob/77e9ce7404c4a76853e101a9f5687a929ee56654/modules/caddyhttp/templates/tplcontext.go)\n\n```go\nfunc (TemplateContext) funcStripHTML(s string) string {\n    var buf bytes.Buffer\n    var inTag, inQuotes bool\n    var tagStart int\n    for i, ch := range s {\n        if inTag {\n            if ch == \u0027\u003e\u0027 \u0026\u0026 !inQuotes {\n                inTag = false\n            } else if ch == \u0027\u003c\u0027 \u0026\u0026 !inQuotes {\n                // false start\n                buf.WriteString(s[tagStart:i])\n                tagStart = i\n            } else if ch == \u0027\"\u0027 {\n                inQuotes = !inQuotes\n            }\n            continue\n        }\n        if ch == \u0027\u003c\u0027 {\n            inTag = true\n            tagStart = i\n            continue\n        }\n        buf.WriteRune(ch)\n    }\n    if inTag {\n        // false start\n        buf.WriteString(s[tagStart:])\n    }\n    return buf.String()\n}\n```\n\n### POC\n\nCaddyfile setup\n\n```\n:8080 {\n    root * ./site\n    file_server\n    templates\n}\n```\n\nTemplate file (index.html)\n\n```html\n\u003c!DOCTYPE html\u003e\n\u003chtml lang=\"en\"\u003e\n\u003chead\u003e\n    \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n    \u003ctitle\u003eStripHTML Bypass Test\u003c/title\u003e\n\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003cbody\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e{{ stripHTML \"\u003c\u003c\u003eimg src=x onerror=alert(\u0027XSS\u0027)\u003e\" }}\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/body\u003e\n\u003c/html\u003e\n```\n\nThe payload exploits the false start branch to smuggle a literal \u003c back into the output, then uses the following \u003e to terminate the parser\u2019s tag state, leaving a valid \u003cimg ...\u003e tag behind.\n\nTested in v2.11.3\n\n### Impact\n\nMalformed HTML can bypass stripHTML, potentially allowing arbitrary HTML or JavaScript to be rendered if the output is used unsafely, leading to client-side XSS.\n\n### AI Disclosure\n\nAI assisted in writing the report description; however, the discovery of the issue has been done manually.",
  "id": "GHSA-vcc4-2c75-vc9v",
  "modified": "2026-06-16T21:28:55Z",
  "published": "2026-06-16T21:28:55Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/security/advisories/GHSA-vcc4-2c75-vc9v"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Caddy: stripHTML template function bypass"
}