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Fix XSS vulnerability in Mermaid diagram rendering#18

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Fix XSS vulnerability in Mermaid diagram rendering#18
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@7sg56 7sg56 commented Feb 13, 2026

This PR fixes a critical security vulnerability where Mermaid diagrams were rendered directly into the DOM using innerHTML without sanitization.

Vulnerability

The SimplePreview component was taking user input (Mermaid code), rendering it to SVG, and then setting innerHTML directly. Since Mermaid's securityLevel is set to loose, this allowed malicious payloads (e.g., <img src=x onerror=alert(1)>) to be injected and executed.

Solution

We introduced dompurify to sanitize the SVG string before insertion. The sanitization is configured to:

  • Allow SVG and HTML profiles.
  • Explicitly allow foreignObject tags, which are necessary for Mermaid's HTML labels.
  • Explicitly allow target attribute.

Verification

  • Verified that XSS vectors are neutralized.
  • Verified that normal diagrams (including those with HTML labels if applicable) still render correctly.

PR created automatically by Jules for task 490713295524379380 started by @7sg56

- Sanitize Mermaid SVG output using DOMPurify before innerHTML assignment.
- Configure DOMPurify to allow foreignObject (for HTML labels) and target attribute.
- Install dompurify and @types/dompurify dependencies.

Co-authored-by: 7sg56 <102475617+7sg56@users.noreply.github.com>
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