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Incorrect Regular Expression

CVE-2026-25896

Severity High
Score 9.3/10

Summary

fast-xml-parser allows users to validate XML, parse XML to JS object, or build XML from JS object without C/C++ based libraries and no callback. From versions 4.1.3 prior to 5.3.5, a dot (.) in a DOCTYPE entity name is treated as a regex wildcard during entity replacement, allowing an attacker to shadow built-in XML entities (<, >, &, ", ') with arbitrary values. This bypasses entity encoding and leads to XSS when parsed output is rendered. This vulnerability is fixed in version 5.3.5.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression

The software specifies a regular expression in a way that causes data to be improperly matched or compared.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published