Name: CVE-2020-11888: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-11888, CWE-79, CVSS 6.1, EPSS 0.0065

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.1
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade python-markdown2	Jul 30, 2024	Apr 20, 2020
Freebsd	—	Upgrade py37-markdown2Upgrade py38-markdown2Upgrade py39-markdown2Upgrade py311-markdown2Upgrade py310-markdown2	Sep 1, 2023	Aug 31, 2023
Suse	—	Upgrade python3-markdown2Upgrade python2-markdown2	May 12, 2020	Apr 20, 2020

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CVSS Details

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