Symfony up to 2.35.x/3.0.x LiveComponent createHtml cross site scripting

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Symfony up to 2.35.x/3.0.x. This affects the function createHtml of the component LiveComponent. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-49210. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Symfony up to 2.35.x/3.0.x. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function createHtml of the component LiveComponent. The manipulation 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. CVE summarizes:

Symfony UX is a JavaScript ecosystem for Symfony. From 2.8.0 until 2.36.0 and 3.1.0, Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Util\ChildComponentPartialRenderer::createHtml() interpolates the client-controlled children[id].tag value from LiveComponentSubscriber and InterceptChildComponentRenderSubscriber directly into HTML as a tag name without escaping or validation, allowing arbitrary HTML, including <script> tags, on any Live Component re-render that contains at least one child component. This issue is fixed in versions 2.36.0 and 3.1.0.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-49210 since 05/28/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading to version 2.36.0 or 3.1.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Symfony

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
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• 2.10
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• 2.25
• 2.26
• 2.27
• 2.28
• 2.29
• 2.30
• 2.31
• 2.32
• 2.33
• 2.34
• 2.35
• 3.0

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• open-source

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