PyPi: Markdown2

CVE-2020-11888

Safety vulnerability ID: 38198

This vulnerability was reviewed by experts

The information on this page was manually curated by our Cybersecurity Intelligence Team.

Created at Apr 20, 2020 Updated at Mar 29, 2024

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Advisory

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.

Affected package

markdown2

Latest version: 2.4.13

A fast and complete Python implementation of Markdown

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

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.

MISC:https://github.com/trentm/python-markdown2/issues/348: https://github.com/trentm/python-markdown2/issues/348

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

MEDIUM 6.1

CVSS v3 Details

MEDIUM 6.1

Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact (C): LOW
Integrity Impact (I): LOW
Availability Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2 Details

MEDIUM 4.3

Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (Au): NONE
Confidentiality Impact (C): NONE
Integrity Impact (I): PARTIAL
Availability Impact (A): NONE