File Viewer: DOM XSS via unsafe hyperlink schemes in the legacy DOC renderer

Summary

Before 2.3.1, the legacy .doc renderer emitted document hyperlink targets after HTML escaping but without a URL-scheme allowlist. A crafted .doc could therefore render a live javascript:, vbscript:, data:, or similarly unsafe link. Script could execute in the embedding origin if a viewer clicked it.

Impact

Applications rendering untrusted legacy .doc files with @file-viewer/doc or the msdoc-viewer compatibility package could expose their origin to attacker-controlled script after link interaction.

Fix

Version 2.3.1 centralizes link handling, removes control-character and scheme confusion, blocks external document links by default, and in explicit allow mode accepts only HTTP(S), mail, telephone, safe relative URLs, and internal bookmarks. The renderer output is safe before mounting, with mount-boundary sanitization as defense in depth. The msdoc-viewer compatibility release containing the fix is 0.2.2.

Thanks to @shashank420 for responsibly reporting this issue.