Description
An issue was discovered in markdown2 (aka python-markdown2) through 2.3.5. The safe_mode feature, which is supposed to sanitize user input against XSS, is flawed and does not escape the input properly. With a crafted payload, XSS can be triggered, as demonstrated by omitting the final '>' character from an IMG tag.
Published: 2018-01-18
Score: 6.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0089 An issue was discovered in markdown2 (aka python-markdown2) through 2.3.5. The safe_mode feature, which is supposed to sanitize user input against XSS, is flawed and does not escape the input properly. With a crafted payload, XSS can be triggered, as demonstrated by omitting the final '>' character from an IMG tag.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-p6h9-gw49-rqm4 markdown2 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting
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Python-markdown2 Project Python-markdown2
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-09-16T17:47:46.652Z

Reserved: 2018-01-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-5773

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-01-18T21:29:00.267

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:09:22.067

Link: CVE-2018-5773

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