GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-fv3h-8x5j-pvgq XSS in python-markdown2

MEDIUM Published 2020-04-22 Modified 2024-09-24 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2020-11888
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
markdown2
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-79
Reviewed
2020-04-22

Affected packages

• PyPI markdown2: < 2.3.9 → fixed in 2.3.9

Description

python-markdown2 through 2.3.8 allows XSS because element names are mishandled unless a \w+ match succeeds. For example, an attack might use elementname@ or elementname- with an onclick attribute.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2020-11888 python-markdown2 through 2.3.8 allows XSS because element names are mishandled unless a \w+ match succeeds. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

References