CVE-2026-121373
Published:November 04, 2026
Updated:November 12, 2026
The Symfony HtmlSanitizer component MetaRefreshAttributeSanitizer, introduced to fix CVE-2026-48761, sanitizes the refresh URL of content attributes of meta tags using a regular expression that is too narrow, allowing sanitization to be bypassed, and resulting in potential URL redirection to untrusted sites in Symfony versions 6.1.x prior to 6.4.50, 7.x prior to 7.4.23, and 8.x prior to 8.1.11.
The shared declarative refresh steps in the WHATWG HTML Standard require a broader approach: the separator after the time may be ASCII whitespace alone, with no ; or ,, and the url= keyword is optional. Directives the browser honours, but the regular expression misses are returned unchanged, so the attacker URL skips UrlSanitizer entirely and both allowLinkSchemes and allowLinkHosts are defeated for the refresh navigation.
This is reachable under any configuration that allows meta with http-equiv and content, including the documented allowStaticElements() preset.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/symfony/symfony.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v6.1.0-BETA1 <v6.4.50Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v6.4.50https://github.com/symfony/symfony.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v7.0.0-BETA1 <v7.4.23Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v7.4.23https://github.com/symfony/symfony.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v8.0.0-BETA1 <v8.1.11Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v8.1.11symfony/symfony (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=v6.1.0-BETA1 <v6.4.50Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v6.4.50symfony/html-sanitizer (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=v7.0.0-BETA1 <v7.4.23Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v7.4.23symfony/html-sanitizer (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=v8.0.0-BETA1 <v8.1.11Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v8.1.11symfony/symfony (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=v7.0.0-BETA1 <v7.4.23Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v7.4.23symfony/symfony (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=v8.0.0-BETA1 <v8.1.11Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v8.1.11symfony/html-sanitizer (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=v6.1.0-BETA1 <v6.4.50Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v6.4.50Related Resources (7)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
LOW
Subsequent System Integrity
LOW
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
EPSS
Base Score:
0.48