CVE-2026-71478

Summary The AttributesExtension's href/src unsafe-link filter (AttributesHelper::filterAttributes()) can be bypassed by embedding control bytes in a javascript: URL that browsers discard before parsing the scheme. Two variants: - Tab/newline inside the scheme — a literal ASCII TAB (0x09), CR (0x0D), or LF (0x0A), e.g. java<TAB>script:alert(1). Per the WHATWG URL Standard's "basic URL parser" step 3, browsers "remove all ASCII tab or newline from input". - Leading C0 controls — e.g. <0x01>javascript:alert(1). Per step 1 of the same algorithm, browsers remove any leading or trailing C0 control or space. (A leading *space* alone does not bypass, because parseAttributes() already trim()s the value; other C0 bytes are not trimmed.) The filter is a literal anchored-prefix regex (RegexHelper::isLinkPotentiallyUnsafe() / REGEX_UNSAFE_PROTOCOL) that matches neither obfuscated form, so in both cases the browser still executes javascript:alert(1). **This is confirmed reproducible even with allow_unsafe_links => false set** — i.e. even applications that have followed the library's own documented hardening guidance for untrusted input remain exploitable. This is a *sibling gap* in the same defense that CVE-2025-46734 (GHSA-3527-qv2q-pfvx) fixed in v2.7.0 — that fix made href/src respect allow_unsafe_links, but did not normalize control bytes before checking, so these obfuscation techniques were never covered. Vulnerability Files: - src/Util/RegexHelper.php:69 (REGEX_UNSAFE_PROTOCOL), :239-242 (isLinkPotentiallyUnsafe()) - src/Extension/Attributes/Util/AttributesHelper.php:149-179 (filterAttributes()) CWE: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation / XSS) — primary - CWE-692 (Incomplete Denylist to Cross-Site Scripting) — the anchored-prefix denylist in REGEX_UNSAFE_PROTOCOL is incomplete. This is a composite of CWE-184 and CWE-79, so it captures the full "incomplete denylist → XSS" chain on its own. - CWE-86 (Improper Neutralization of Invalid

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