CVE-2018-5773 – markdown2

Package

Manager: pip
Name: markdown2
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <2.3.6

Severity

Level: Medium

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.0/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:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00262 pctl0.49385

Details

markdown2 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting An issue was discovered in `markdown2` (aka python-markdown2) through 2.3.5. The `safe_mode` feature, which is supposed to sanitize user input against XSS, is flawed and does not escape the input properly. With a crafted payload, XSS can be triggered, as demonstrated by omitting the final `>` character from an IMG tag.

Metadata

Created: 2018-07-12T20:29:21Z
Modified: 2024-09-30T17:00:47Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/07/GHSA-p6h9-gw49-rqm4/GHSA-p6h9-gw49-rqm4.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-79"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-p6h9-gw49-rqm4
Finding: F008
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