CVE-2024-38526 (GCVE-0-2024-38526)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-25 23:53 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:53
VLAI
Title
pdoc embeds link to malicious CDN if math mode is enabled
Summary
pdoc provides API Documentation for Python Projects. Documentation generated with `pdoc --math` linked to JavaScript files from polyfill.io. The polyfill.io CDN has been sold and now serves malicious code. This issue has been fixed in pdoc 14.5.1.
Severity
0 (None)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L/E:H/RL:O/RC:C/MC:N/MI:N/MA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-1395 - Dependency on Vulnerable Third-Party Component
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mitmproxy pdoc Affected: < 14.5.1
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mitmproxy pdoc Affected: 0 , < 14.5.1 (custom)
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