Medium

Svelte vulnerable to XSS when using objects during server-side rendering

  • Disclosed: 13.07.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

The package svelte before 3.49.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) due to improper input sanitization and to improper escape of attributes when using objects during SSR (Server-Side Rendering). Exploiting this vulnerability is possible via objects with a custom toString() function.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package svelte < 3.49.0 3.49.0

References

CVSS score 6.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
npm
Package
svelte
Disclosed
13.07.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-wv8q-r932-8hc7 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: svelte

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (14) in the archive
Total entries
14
First → latest
07.2022 05.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 1
  • Medium 13

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 1
  2. 2023: 0
  3. 2024: 1
  4. 2025: 0
  5. 2026: 12
Severity:
  1. High ghsa-gw32-9rmw-qwww >= 3.0.0, < 3.59.2 3.59.2
  2. Svelte vulnerable to XSS when using objects during server-side rendering this entry
    Medium · 6.1 CVE-2022-25875 < 3.49.0 3.49.0

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