CVE-2026-39315

Medium

Description

Unhead is a document head and template manager. Prior to 2.1.13, useHeadSafe() is the composable that Nuxt's own documentation explicitly recommends for rendering user-supplied content in <head> safely. Internally, the hasDangerousProtocol() function in packages/unhead/src/plugins/safe.ts decodes HTML entities before checking for blocked URI schemes (javascript:, data:, vbscript:). The decoder uses two regular expressions with fixed-width digit caps. The HTML5 specification imposes no limit on leading zeros in numeric character references. When a padded entity exceeds the regex digit cap, the decoder silently skips it. The undecoded string is then passed to startsWith('javascript:'), which does not match. makeTagSafe() writes the raw value directly into SSR HTML output. The browser's HTML parser decodes the padded entity natively and constructs the blocked URI. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.1.13.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.1
Exploit probability—
ProductUnjs Unhead
PublishedApr 9, 2026
First seenApr 9, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-184CWE-184

How to fix

Update
  • unjs unhead2.1.13 or later
  • unhead2.1.13 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
unjs unheadv < 2.1.132.1.13
unheadnpmv < 2.1.132.1.13

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