GHSA-3c48-6pcv-88rm

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    GHSA-3c48-6pcv-88rm

    Published: 27 Jul 2018Last Modified: 8 Nov 2023

    Summary: Macro in MathJax running untrusted Javascript within a web browser

    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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1999024, https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/commit/a55da396c18cafb767a26aa9ad96f6f4199852f1, https://blog.bentkowski.info/2018/06/xss-in-google-colaboratory-csp-bypass.html, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3c48-6pcv-88rm, https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mathjax

    Purl: pkg:npm/mathjax

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.4

    Affected versions

    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