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CVE-2018-1000162 Details

Description

Parsedown version prior to 1.7.0 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in `setMarkupEscaped` for escaping HTML that can result in JavaScript code execution. This attack appears to be exploitable via specially crafted markdown that allows it to side step HTML escaping by breaking AST boundaries. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.7.0 and later.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.1 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/erusev/parsedown/pull/495 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/Roave/SecurityAdvisories/issues/44#issuecomment-368594409 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/erusev/parsedown/pull/495 [email protected]Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Roave/SecurityAdvisories/issues/44#issuecomment-368594409 [email protected]Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
parsedown parsedown
< 1.7.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:parsedown:parsedown:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-1000162
NVD Published Date:
Apr 18, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-1000162 Details - Not Deferred