CVE-2019-9844

MEDIUM6.1EPSS 0.36%

Cross-Site Scripting in simple-markdown

Published: 4/9/2019Modified: 11/8/2023
Also known as:GHSA-qj3f-9gmq-fwv5

Description

Versions of `simple-markdown` prior to 0.4.4 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting. Due to insufficient input sanitization the package may render output containing malicious JavaScript. This vulnerability can be exploited through input of links containing `data` or VBScript URIs and a base64-encoded payload. ## Recommendation Upgrade to version 0.4.4 or later.

Affected packages (1)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1MEDIUM6.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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