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SimpleMDE XSS Vulnerability

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Nov 21, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 7, 2023

Package

npm simplemde (npm)

Affected versions

<= 1.11.2

Patched versions

None

Description

SimpleMDE 1.11.2 has XSS via an onerror attribute of a crafted IMG element, or via certain input with [ and ( characters, which is mishandled during construction of an A element.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 21, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Sep 7, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS score

0.066%
(30th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2018-19057

GHSA ID

GHSA-wg85-p6j7-gp3w

Source code

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