CVE-2017-11593 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Markdown Preview Plus extension before 0.5.7 for Chrome allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into some web applications via the upload and display of crafted text, markdown, or rst files that are designed to be viewed in the browser as plain text, but that will be converted to HTML without proper sanitization.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00242.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Ooso	Markdown Preview Plus

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ooso:markdown_preview_plus:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/volca/markdown-preview/commit/1181f044a5457d5e1ac35804ecd84e05977f1920
https://github.com/volca/markdown-preview/issues/60

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-07-24T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:12:40.682Z

Reserved: 2017-07-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-11593

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-07-24T01:29:00.710

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-11593

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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