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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-04-18T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:33:49.313Z

Reserved: 2018-03-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-1000162

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-04-18T19:29:00.583

Modified: 2018-05-21T16:13:11.197

Link: CVE-2018-1000162

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