Hugo doesn't escape markdown title in internal render hooks
Hugo is a static site generator. Starting in version 0.123.0 and prior to version 0.125.3, title arguments in Markdown for links and images not escaped in internal render hooks. Hugo users who are impacted are those who have these hooks enabled and do not trust their Markdown content files. The issue is patched in v0.125.3. As a workaround, replace the templates with user defined templates or disable the internal templates.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2024-32875
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 13:45 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Hugo doesn't escape markdown title in internal render hooks
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 23 Apr 2024, 20:23 UTC
Hugo is a static site generator. Starting in version 0.123.0 and prior to version 0.125.3, title arguments in Markdown for links and images not escaped in internal render hooks. Hugo users who are impacted are those who have these hooks enabled and do not trust their Markdown content files. The issue is patched in v0.125.3. As a workaround, replace the templates with user defined templates or disable the internal templates.
osv:CVE-2024-32875
Complete source record
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