CVE-2018-1999024

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    CVE-2018-1999024

    Published: 23 Jul 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: MathJax version prior to version 2.7.4 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the \unicode{} macro that can result in Potentially untrusted Javascript running within a web browser. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must view a page where untrusted content is processed using Mathjax. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.4 and later.

    References: https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/commit/a55da396c18cafb767a26aa9ad96f6f4199852f1, https://blog.bentkowski.info/2018/06/xss-in-google-colaboratory-csp-bypass.html

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -50c333cc695066b9d27f713035b44c9ef78ab658

    Affected versions

    2.7.3
    2.7.2
    2.7.2-beta.1
    2.7.2-rc
    2.7.2-beta.0
    2.7.1
    2.7.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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