GHSA-5ff8-jcf9-fw62

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5ff8-jcf9-fw62

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/09/GHSA-5ff8-jcf9-fw62/GHSA-5ff8-jcf9-fw62.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-5ff8-jcf9-fw62

Published

2020-09-04T17:55:35Z

Modified

2021-10-04T20:53:26Z

Summary

Cross-Site Scripting in markdown-it-katex

Details

All versions of markdown-it-katex are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The package fails to properly escape error messages, which may allow attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in a victim's browser by triggering an error.

Recommendation

No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative package until a fix is made available.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-08-31T19:00:19Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "HIGH"
}

References

Affected packages

npm / markdown-it-katex

Package

Name: markdown-it-katex; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/markdown-it-katex

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0.0.0

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/09/GHSA-5ff8-jcf9-fw62/GHSA-5ff8-jcf9-fw62.json"