GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-c54g-xjwj-8g82 Hugo: XSS via text/html content files
MEDIUM
Official page ↗
- Aliases
- CVE-2026-50133
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/gohugoio/hugo
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-16
Affected packages
• Go github.com/gohugoio/hugo: < 0.162.0 → fixed in 0.162.0
Description
Commit: e41a06447d — _Disallow HTML content by default_
Affected versions: all Hugo versions prior to v0.162.0.
Fixed in: v0.162.0.
Severity: Low to Medium, depending on threat model. Not an issue if you fully trust every file under `/content` and every content adapter you load.
Description. Hugo accepts content files in several markup formats. Files mapped to the `text/html` media type (typically `.html` files under `/content`, or pages produced by a content adapter that sets `content.mediaType = "text/html"`) had their body emitted verbatim into the rendered page. A site that ingests HTML content from an untrusted source — for example, a CMS-backed editor, a content adapter pulling from an external API, or an automated import pipeline — could therefore be served stored cross-site scripting.
Mitigation. v0.162.0 introduces a `security.allowContent` whitelist with `text/html` denied by default. Sites that intentionally author HTML content can opt back in:
```toml
[security]
allowContent = ['.*']
```
This only affects pages whose source file (or content adapter output) declares an HTML media type; Markdown, AsciiDoc, Org, Pandoc and reStructuredText content is unaffected.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-50133 Hugo is a static site generator. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness