CVE-2021-38186 – comrak

Package

Manager: cargo
Name: comrak
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <0.10.1

Severity

Level: Medium

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00201 pctl0.42383

Details

Cross-site Scripting in comrak An issue was discovered in the comrak crate before 0.10.1 for Rust. It mishandles & characters, leading to XSS via &# HTML entities.

Metadata

Created: 2021-08-25T20:55:43Z
Modified: 2021-08-18T21:33:18Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/08/GHSA-6wj2-g87r-pm62/GHSA-6wj2-g87r-pm62.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-79"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-6wj2-g87r-pm62
Finding: F008
Auto approve: 1