Paper/Archive/CVE-2025-65026

CVE-2025-65026

esm-dev esm.sh — esm.sh CDN service has JS Template Literal Injection in CSS-to-JavaScript

Description · from the CVE record

esm.sh is a nobuild content delivery network(CDN) for modern web development. Prior to version 136, The esm.sh CDN service contains a Template Literal Injection vulnerability (CWE-94) in its CSS-to-JavaScript module conversion feature. When a CSS file is requested with the ?module query parameter, esm.sh converts it to a JavaScript module by embedding the CSS content directly into a template literal without proper sanitization. An attacker can inject malicious JavaScript code using ${...} expressions within CSS files, which will execute when the module is imported by victim applications. This enables Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in browsers and Remote Code Execution (RCE) in Electron applications. This issue has been patched in version 136.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
esm.sh< 136–CNA

Scores by source

NVD9.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub_M (CNA)6.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

References

exploitgithub.com/esm-dev/esm.sh/security/advisories/GHSA-hcpf-qv9m-vfgprefgithub.com/esm-dev/esm.sh/commit/87d2f6497574bf4448641a5527a3ac2beba5fd6c