CVE-2023-39318: A Deep Dive into HTML/Template Package Handling Comment Tokens Issue and How It Might Lead to XSS Exploits

In this post, we will explore a vulnerability that has been discovered in the html/template package (CVE-2023-39318). This package is widely used for safe HTML rendering, which is essential for preventing Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The vulnerability revolves around the improper handling of HTML-like comment tokens and hashbang comment tokens in