GHSA-f98w-7cxr-ff2h

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f98w-7cxr-ff2h

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/03/GHSA-f98w-7cxr-ff2h/GHSA-f98w-7cxr-ff2h.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-f98w-7cxr-ff2h

Aliases

CVE-2024-28245

Published

2024-03-25T19:38:34Z

Modified

2024-03-25T22:32:05Z

Severity

6.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator

Summary

KaTeX's `\includegraphics` does not escape filename

Details

Impact

KaTeX users who render untrusted mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using \includegraphics that runs arbitrary JavaScript, or generate invalid HTML.

Patches

Upgrade to KaTeX v0.16.10 to remove this vulnerability.

Workarounds

Avoid use of or turn off the trust option, or set it to forbid \includegraphics commands.
Forbid inputs containing the substring "\\includegraphics".
Sanitize HTML output from KaTeX.

Details

\includegraphics did not properly quote its filename argument, allowing it to generate invalid or malicious HTML that runs scripts.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Open an issue or security advisory in the KaTeX repository
Email us at katex-security@mit.edu

Database specific

{
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-116"
    ],
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-03-25T20:15:08Z",
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-03-25T19:38:34Z"
}

References

Affected packages

npm / katex

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0.11.0

Fixed

0.16.10