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CVE-2026-73490: flavorjones loofah · Cross-site Scripting

Affects flavorjones loofahSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.7 Medium : upgrade to 2.25.2 when convenient.

Data as of 11 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
4.7Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 22% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 2.25.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 12 Aug 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 12 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade flavorjones loofah to 2.25.2.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
flavorjonesloofahAffected
  • <2.25.2
Fixed in
  • 2.25.2
RubyGemsloofahpkg:gem/loofahOther threatsAffected
  • <2.25.2
Fixed in
  • 2.25.2

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AI-suggested

Upgrade Loofah to version 2.25.2 or later, where this issue is fixed. No other official remediation or temporary fixes are documented.

Description

Loofah is a general library for manipulating and transforming HTML/XML documents and fragments, built on top of Nokogiri. Prior to 2.25.2, Loofah's HTML5 sanitizer applies its local-reference restriction only to the xlink:href attribute on SVG use and feImage elements, while browsers also accept the plain href attribute. A crafted sanitized SVG can therefore reference an arbitrary same-origin external document; use may render external SVG content containing scripts or other dangerous content, and feImage may load external images for tracking. Applications that sanitize user-supplied SVG with Loofah's default allowlist are affected. This issue is fixed in version 2.25.2.

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