formwork Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Markdown fields
Impact
Users with access to the administration panel with page editing permissions could insert <script> tags in markdown fields, which are exposed on the publicly accessible site pages, leading to potential XSS injections.
Patches
- Formwork 1.13.0 has been released with a patch that solves this vulnerability. Now the system config option
content.safe_mode(enabled by default) controls whether HTML tags and potentially dangerous links are escaped. This is configurable as in some cases more flexibility should be given. Panel users should be only a controlled group of editors, which cannot enable the option by themselves, and not a generic group. This mitigates the chance of introducing vulnerabilities. - Formwork 2.x (6adc302) adds a similar
content.safeModesystem option. Like Formwork 1.13.0, by default HTML tags and dangerous link are escaped. Even if enabled by an administrator, however,<script>and other dangerous tags are still converted to text, but secure tags are allowed.
References
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-35621
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Composer package | getformwork/formwork | < 1.13.0 | 1.13.0 |
References
- https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/security/advisories/GHSA-gx8m-f3mp-fg99
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35621
- https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/commit/2d92e6dbf99a9a49797947afbda0cdd4e56e11df
- https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/commit/6adc302f5a294f2ffbbf1571dd4ffea6b7876723
- https://github.com/getformwork/formwork
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79- Platform
- Composer
- Package
getformwork/formwork- Disclosed
- 28.05.2024
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-gx8m-f3mp-fg99 - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: getformwork/formwork
All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 7
- First → latest
- 02.2023 02.2026
- Without a fix
- 0
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- High 2
- Medium 5
Disclosures per year
- 2023: 1
- 2024: 2
- 2025: 3
- 2026: 1
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