CVE-2017-11593

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    CVE-2017-11593

    Published: 24 Jul 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://github.com/volca/markdown-preview/issues/60, https://github.com/volca/markdown-preview/commit/1181f044a5457d5e1ac35804ecd84e05977f1920

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v0.4.6
    v0.4.5
    v0.4.3
    v0.4.2-1
    v0.4.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High