CVE-2026-3455

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

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ersions of the package mailparser before 3.9.3 are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) via the textToHtml() function due to the improper sanitisation of URLs in the email content. An attacker can execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers by adding extra quote " to the URL with embedded malicious JavaScript code.

References

Link	Resource
https://gist.github.com/hayageek/7fcb225e3b1ea9a341d560403fbb585a
https://github.com/nodemailer/mailparser/commit/921a67df4cfb38f0b411037d7b26fbd4d5411b08
https://github.com/nodemailer/mailparser/issues/412
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MAILPARSER-15204032

Configurations

No configuration.

History

03 Mar 2026, 05:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-03-03 05:17

Updated : 2026-03-03 21:52

NVD link : CVE-2026-3455

Mitre link : CVE-2026-3455

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-3455

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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