CVE-2018-1000162

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…

published April 18, 2018

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
66.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01159 · 66.8th percentile
Published
2018-04-18T19:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 APR 19:00Z
    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…
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