GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-6hgp-fmhr-mrg4 Highcharts Grid: `javascript:` URL in credits.href runs script on click
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-118255
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- @highcharts/dashboards, @highcharts/grid-pro
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
- Reviewed
- 2026-10-28
Affected packages
• npm @highcharts/dashboards: >= 3.2.0, < 4.0.0 → fixed in 4.0.0
• npm @highcharts/grid-pro: >= 2.0.0, < 3.2.0 → fixed in 3.2.0
Description
Impact
An attacker who controls the Grid configuration can set `credits.href` to a `javascript:` URL. The value is not validated against an allowed-scheme list before it is applied to the credits link, so activating that link runs attacker-supplied script in the origin of the page hosting the Grid. Exploitation requires that untrusted data reach the Grid configuration and that a user activate the credits link. Script running this way has the same access to page data, storage and session state as the hosting application.
Workarounds
Paste in after the Grid Pro module is imported, before a Grid is created.
```javascript
const { AST } = Grid;
function sanitize(options) {
const credits = options && options.credits;
if (credits && typeof credits.href === 'string') {
const filtered = AST.filterUserAttributes({ href: credits.href });
if (!filtered.href) {
delete credits.href;
}
}
return options;
}
// Both Grid.grid() and grid.update() funnel through loadUserOptions, so one
// hook covers both entry points.
const { prototype } = Grid.Grid;
const loadUserOptions = prototype.loadUserOptions;
prototype.loadUserOptions = function (options, ...rest) {
sanitize(options);
return loadUserOptions.call(this, options, ...rest);
};
```
Obtaining the patched version
The patched releases are available from all the usual distribution channels. With npm, upgrade the affected package to the patched version listed above, for example `npm install @highcharts/[email protected]`. If you load Highcharts Grid from a CDN, use a versioned URL, for example `https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@highcharts/[email protected]/grid-lite.js`. For more on each installation method, see the installation guide.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-118255 Highcharts JS is a JavaScript charting library based on SVG. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts/security/advisories/GHSA-6hgp-fmhr-mrg4 web
- https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts/pull/25351 web
- https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts/commit/45b74403acafbe9f621c4a343506721d9129e991 web
- https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts package
- https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts/releases/tag/grid-v3.2.0 web