Stored XSS Affecting net.sourceforge.plantuml:plantuml package, versions [,1.2026.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-NETSOURCEFORGEPLANTUML-14552230
  • published15 Jan 2026
  • disclosed23 Dec 2025
  • creditCatalin Iovita (Snyk Security Research)

Introduced: 23 Dec 2025

CVE-2026-0858  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade net.sourceforge.plantuml:plantuml to version 1.2026.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Stored XSS due to insufficient sanitization of interactive attributes in GraphViz diagrams. As a result, a crafted PlantUML diagram can inject malicious JavaScript into generated SVG output, leading to arbitrary script execution in the context of applications that render the SVG.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1