CVE-2025-53892: vue-i18n's escapeParameterHtml does not prevent DOM-based XSS through its tag attributes
(updated )
The escapeParameterHtml: true option in Vue I18n is designed to protect against HTML/script injection by escaping interpolated parameters. However, this setting fails to prevent execution of certain tag-based payloads, such as <img src=x onerror=...>
, if the interpolated value is inserted inside an HTML context using v-html.
This may lead to a DOM-based XSS vulnerability, even when using escapeParameterHtml: true, if a translation string includes minor HTML and is rendered via v-html.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-x8qp-wqqm-57ph
- github.com/intlify/vue-i18n
- github.com/intlify/vue-i18n/commit/49f982443ab8fd94ecc427b265ce97d57df94d7e
- github.com/intlify/vue-i18n/commit/a47099619fb9b256e86341a8658ebe72e92ab099
- github.com/intlify/vue-i18n/pull/2229
- github.com/intlify/vue-i18n/pull/2230
- github.com/intlify/vue-i18n/releases/tag/v10.0.8
- github.com/intlify/vue-i18n/releases/tag/v11.1.10
- github.com/intlify/vue-i18n/releases/tag/v9.14.5
- github.com/intlify/vue-i18n/security/advisories/GHSA-x8qp-wqqm-57ph
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53892
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