CVE-2020-7773 (GCVE-0-2020-7773)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-16 12:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Summary
This affects the package markdown-it-highlightjs before 3.3.1. It is possible insert malicious JavaScript as a value of lang in the markdown-it-highlightjs Inline code highlighting feature. const markdownItHighlightjs = require("markdown-it-highlightjs"); const md = require('markdown-it'); const reuslt_xss = md() .use(markdownItHighlightjs, { inline: true }) .render('console.log(42){.">js}'); console.log(reuslt_xss);
Severity
CWE
- Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MARKDOWNITHIGHLIGHTJ… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/valeriangalliat/markdown-it-hi… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/valeriangalliat/markdown-it-hi… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | markdown-it-highlightjs |
Affected:
unspecified , < 3.3.1
(custom)
|
Date Public
2020-11-16 00:00
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