Hugo is a static site generator. Prior to 0.162.0, Hugo accepts content files in several markup formats. Files mapped to the text/html media type (typically .html files under /content, or pages produced by a content adapter that sets content.mediaType = "text/html") had their body emitted verbatim into the rendered page. A site that ingests HTML content from an untrusted source could therefore be served stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.162.0.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Active

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact Low

Subsequent System Integrity Impact Low

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-c54g-xjwj-8g82 Hugo: XSS via text/html content files
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Solution

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Workaround

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References
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https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/e41a06447daa3071a01f333fdcec0a5153c3c8d1 cve-icon
https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.162.0 cve-icon
https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-c54g-xjwj-8g82 cve-icon
History

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Gohugo
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Gohugo hugo

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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Description Hugo is a static site generator. Prior to 0.162.0, Hugo accepts content files in several markup formats. Files mapped to the text/html media type (typically .html files under /content, or pages produced by a content adapter that sets content.mediaType = "text/html") had their body emitted verbatim into the rendered page. A site that ingests HTML content from an untrusted source could therefore be served stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.162.0.
Title Hugo: XSS via text/html content files
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-06T19:31:50.237Z

Reserved: 2026-06-03T18:49:32.275Z

Link: CVE-2026-50133

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Updated: 2026-07-06T22:15:15Z

Weaknesses