CVE-2020-11888 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Python-markdown2 Project	Python-markdown2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00035.html
https://github.com/trentm/python-markdown2/issues/348
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6XOAIRJJCZNJUALXDHSIGH5PS2H63A3J/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AQLRBGRVRRZK7P5SFL2MNGXFX37YHJAV/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PN6QSHRFZXRQAYZJQ4MOW5MKIXBYOMED/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-04-20T15:48:13

Updated: 2024-08-04T11:42:00.730Z

Reserved: 2020-04-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-11888

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-04-20T16:15:14.430

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:58:50.057

Link: CVE-2020-11888

Redhat

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