sveltejs svelte up to 5.53.4 bind:innerText/bind:textContent cross site scripting
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in sveltejs svelte up to 5.53.4. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. Performing a manipulation of the argument bind:innerText/bind:textContent results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-27901. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in sveltejs svelte up to 5.53.4. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument bind:innerText/bind:textContent with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:
Svelte performance oriented web framework. Prior to version 5.53.5, the contents of `bind:innerText` and `bind:textContent` on `contenteditable` elements were not properly escaped. This could enable HTML injection and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) if rendering untrusted data as the binding's initial value on the server. Version 5.53.5 fixes the issue.
The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-27901 since 02/24/2026. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.
Upgrading to version 5.53.5 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch 0df5abcae223058ceb95491470372065fb87951d is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.
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- Product: https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.6VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.5
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: svelte 5.53.5
Patch: 0df5abcae223058ceb95491470372065fb87951d
Timeline
02/24/2026 CVE reserved02/26/2026 Advisory disclosed
02/26/2026 VulDB entry created
03/05/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Product: github.comAdvisory: GHSA-phwv-c562-gvmh
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-27901 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-27901
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-347961
Entry
Created: 02/26/2026 07:31Updated: 03/05/2026 16:57
Changes: 02/26/2026 07:31 (71), 03/05/2026 16:57 (12)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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