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Unhead CVE-2026-31873

NONE
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-03-12 security-advisories@github.com GHSA-5339-hvwr-7582

Severity by source

GitHub Advisory
0.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N

CVSS VectorGitHub Advisory

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Patch released
Mar 31, 2026 - 21:13 nvd
Patch available
Analysis Generated
Mar 12, 2026 - 19:57 vuln.today
CVE Published
Mar 12, 2026 - 18:16 nvd
NONE

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact
† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth
  • 6 npm packages depend on unhead (6 direct, 0 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 2.1.11.

DescriptionGitHub Advisory

Unhead is a document head and template manager. Prior to 2.1.11, The link.href check in makeTagSafe (safe.ts) uses String.includes(), which is case-sensitive. Browsers treat URI schemes case-insensitively. DATA:text/css,... is the same as data:text/css,... to the browser, but 'DATA:...'.includes('data:') returns false. An attacker can inject arbitrary CSS for UI redressing or data exfiltration via CSS attribute selectors with background-image callbacks. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.1.11.

AnalysisAI

The link.href check in makeTagSafe (safe.ts, line 68-71) uses String.includes(), which is case-sensitive:

typescript
if (key === 'href') {
  if (val.includes('javascript:') || val.includes('data:')) {
    return
  }
  next[key] = val
}

Browsers treat URI schemes case-insensitively. DATA:text/css,... is the same as data:text/css,... to the browser, but 'DATA:...'.includes('data:') returns false.

PoC

javascript
useHeadSafe({
  link: [{
    rel: 'stylesheet',
    href: 'DATA:text/css,body{display:none}'
  }]
})

SSR output:

html
<link rel="stylesheet" href="DATA:text/css,body{display:none}">

The browser loads this as a CSS stylesheet. An attacker can inject arbitrary CSS for UI redressing or data exfiltration via CSS attribute selectors with background-image callbacks.

Any case variation works: DATA:, Data:, dAtA:, JAVASCRIPT:, etc.

Suggested fix

typescript
if (key === 'href') {
  const lower = val.toLowerCase()
  if (lower.includes('javascript:') || lower.includes('data:')) {
    return
  }
  next[key] = val
}

Technical ContextAI

Cross-site scripting (XSS) allows injection of client-side scripts into web pages viewed by other users due to insufficient output encoding.

RemediationAI

Encode all user-supplied output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Implement Content Security Policy (CSP) headers. Use HTTPOnly and Secure cookie flags.

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