CVE-2026-48590: Element and Attribute Names Injected Verbatim into XML Output in xml_builder

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v4.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-08-21 · updated 2026-10-16
Weakness: CWE-91

Description

XML Injection vulnerability in joshnuss xml_builder (XmlBuilder module) allows Content Spoofing, XML Injection. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/xml_builder.ex and program routines XmlBuilder.generate/1, XmlBuilder.generate/2, XmlBuilder.element/1, XmlBuilder.element/2, XmlBuilder.element/3. Element names, attribute names, and doctype identifiers are interpolated verbatim into the serialized XML output without validation or escaping of structural characters (<, >, ", ', &). An attacker who can influence a name argument (for example, an element name derived from a JSON object key or an HTTP form field name) can inject arbitrary XML markup including extra elements, comments, and event-handler attributes into the output document. This issue affects xml_builder: from 0.0.1 before 2.4.1.

Affected products

joshnuss xml_builder: from 0.0.1 before 2.4.1 — fixed in 2.4.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: joshnuss xml_builder 2.4.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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