Handlebars before 3.0.8 and 4.x before 4.5.3 is vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. The lookup helper fails to properly validate templates, allowing attackers to submit templates that execute arbitrary JavaScript. This can be used to ru…
Exact source revision recorded 24 Oct 2026 15:17:33 UTC. It does not establish the source's current position. Latest evidence.
nvd · CVE-2019-20920
PublishedHandlebars before 3.0.8 and 4.x before 4.5.3 is vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. The lookup helper fails to properly validate templates, allowing attackers to submit templates that execute arbitrary JavaScript. This can be used to run arbitrary code on a server processing Handlebars templates or in a victim's browser (effectively serving as XSS).
NVD analysis and CPE criteria are source context, not proof that a package or your environment is affected. Complete affected data, logical configurations and SSVC are retained in the original JSON.
Source analysis status: Modified
Weakness classifications: CWE-94
Original publisher date fields
published: 2020-09-30T18:15:17.927
lastModified: 2026-10-08T22:16:54.603
1 source CPE criteria · context only
- cpe:2.3:a:handlebarsjs:handlebars:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
The original JSON retains the logical configuration operators, exclusions and version bounds.
- Source published
- 30 Sep 2020 18:15:17 UTC
- Source modified
- 8 Oct 2026 22:16:54 UTC
- Observed here
- 24 Oct 2026 15:17:33 UTC
- Source terms
- NIST NVD usage terms; underlying source attribution retained
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CVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Primary · 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
CVSS 2.0 · [email protected] · Primary · 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P